man of breeding
Example Sentences
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A man of breeding does not slap strangers on the back nor so much as lay his finger-tips on a lady.
From Etiquette by Post, Emily
One who aspires to the character of a man of breeding and politeness is careful to form his judgment of arts and sciences upon right models of perfection.…
From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by Newman, John Henry
As a man of breeding, it would ill become me to set down the homely truths I thus learned.
From In Kings' Byways by Weyman, Stanley John
He was too grossly ignorant to know that a man of breeding, having entered by chance, would have turned and gone away, professing not to have seen.
From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
His manner, and the ease with which he played the host, suggested a man of breeding.
From The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo by Gilson, Charles
