manners
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This might explain how the svelte Mr. Wainwright gets away with playing Georges Simenon’s famously portly sleuth, but it also says something about her devotion, and his lack of manners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Tempers and emotions flared - despite a warning from the Speaker, Edwin Poots, to mind their manners - amid shouting across the packed benches.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
For players, the distinction between atmosphere and interference can be more than a matter of manners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Here was a standard-bearer for the novel of manners, which Howells’s friend Henry James was even then pushing into deeper psychological territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
“You must tell Emma that her manners make me feel like an old lady. Which I’m not. I’m young and very hip, despite the gaggle of children running around here.”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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