comme il faut
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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
Under a local law, the Monterrey firm of Guadelupe Gonzalez S.A. had been convicted of using the French phrase Modes comme il faut in its advertising.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ladies dressed simply, though clearly, and were somewhat narrow-minded; and, apparently, their one great care was to be deftig, that is, comme il faut, "good form" with just a touch of culture.
From My Memoirs by Marguerite Steinheil
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