social graces
Example Sentences
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By the time Alfred left for Cambridge to join his two elder brothers, he was a skilled poet, but he lacked all social graces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Such expected social graces are one of the unique burdens of being America’s first Black president.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025
Their linguistic skills, knowledge base and social graces will soon become flawless, endowed with perfect recall, competence, poise, reasoning abilities and intelligence.
From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023
John doesn’t know how to whisper, or how to lie, which means he also inconveniently takes others at their word; he lacks social graces, obsessing about a boat in the midst of a funeral.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2022
Theo and Vincent are getting along so much better now, but upon meeting him for the first time, Dries is struck by Vincent's eccentricity, his lack of social graces.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
