comme il faut
Example Sentences
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It was not quite comme il faut that the Barons should presume to speak to the boy.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2017
He never met her but kept in touch by phone for long stretches from 1977 to 2003, out of a genteel sense of comme il faut, according to his deposition.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2013
Ms. Caldwell makes everything Alice does seem comme il faut — and that includes keeping a copy of Mr. Adjmi’s text in front of her.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2011
"Everything was very comme il faut, very strict, but I remained myself."
From Time Magazine Archive
Don't you remember how Madame Lenoir scolded us for it, and declared that it was not comme il faut, but a pastime befitting prentice boys only?
From 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance by Schubin, Ossip
