savoir vivre

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A career journalist whose wit, flair and savoir vivre became personal trademarks, Bauby saw his fast-paced life come to an abrupt end on Dec. 8, 1995, with the stroke that left him paralyzed.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Lord Driffield, as we know, had managed his mind better than his marriage, and his savoir vivre was no match for his learning.

From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Nor would his encounters be only with people who have culture and savoir vivre; he would meet the Haitian intellectuals—poets, essayists, novelists, historians, critics.

From Self-Determining Haiti Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. by Johnson, James Weldon

Here the tact and /savoir vivre/ of Chillingly Gordon came to the rescue of the host.

From Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 08 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

People with any savoir vivre don't make a fuss about such things.

From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George