man of breeding
Example Sentences
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In spite of his weather-stained felt hat, and the coloured handkerchief slung round his muscular brown neck, I could see at a glance he was a man of breeding and education.
From Danger! and Other Stories by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Though he does head the rebels, General Washington is a man of breeding and would never allow that.”
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
He looked at me in surprise, but, being a man of breeding, asked no questions upon matters that he accounted secret.
From Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... by Sabatini, Rafael
"I think him a man of breeding," she went on, "and I also think him a man of honour."
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo
In those days war was the most lucrative industry open to a young man of breeding, courage, and ability.
From The Open Secret of Ireland by Kettle, T. M. (Thomas Michael)
