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
There’s much you here may learn anew, Which comme il faut will render you, And bring you joy and honour too.
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies
