good manners
Example Sentences
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If parents only left money to well-behaved adult children with a pristine record of good manners and fiscal responsibility, most pet shelters would probably never have to raise funds again.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
In Minnesota, ethics go hand-in-hand with good manners.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
Rampling crackles as a matriarch who can sniff out her kids’ lies and insecurities but has the good manners not to say anything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025
It’s not like those good manners and contrived niceties ever managed to paper over those divisions in the first place.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
Mami and Papi had passed on to me what they knew of buenos modales, good manners.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
