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
Keep that in mind in daily interactions, and good manners will naturally follow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 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
The next day my mother received hand-delivered thank-you letters from our guests and left them out on the dining table to serve as a lesson in good manners to us.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
