good breeding
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Michael Billington of The Guardian, reviewing her there, wrote, “Carlin Glynn endows the madam with the refined good breeding and slight romantic forlornness of the head of a very classy, fee-paying American girls’ school.”
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2023
In part, that’s because Elizabeth Ann is likely to have just a few good breeding years, and annual litters average only three to five kits.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 13, 2022
Mr Sheppard said the new "family" would be a "really good breeding group" as they all come from different backgrounds.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2021
Distinctions of wealth and talent continued to exist in America, but republican leaders increasingly attributed their success to hard work and personal merit instead of birth and good breeding.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
Franklin regarded nature as an antagonist that would inevitably submit to force, good breeding, and Victorian discipline.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
