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

A man turns out a simple little mechanism to make melon balls, and it's no longer comme il faut to toss a plain hunk of melon into a fruit salad ...

From Time Magazine Archive

Both ladies, wearing white gloves and looking very comme il faut, went soon after five, as they had promised to go on to Lady Caradoc's.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.