manners
Example Sentences
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At morning and evening worship, people drifted in and out, table manners were atrocious, one man took a walk into Haarlem every morning at 3:00 a.m.
From Literature
I did as she asked, and she thanked me—her manners were always meticulous.
From Literature
Perhaps that’s because the audience, in the script, is cast as attendees of the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertude Stein’s brunch meeting, whose motto is “no men, no meat, all manners.”
From Los Angeles Times
Leaving a party without saying goodbye may not be bad manners at all.
But for some social situations, quietly slipping out the door may not be bad manners at all.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
