persona grata
Example Sentences
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Cavett: I was actually persona grata at the White House for a brief time.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2016
Naturally he is persona grata at Buckingham-on-Thames and in other conservative and princely household.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U. S. Secretary of State caused the German Government to be informed by cable that the President and Government of the U. S. considered Dr. von Prittwitz persona grata.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Dr. Alfaro replied that he was authorized by his Government to accept as persona grata anyone whose name should have been suggested by the Government of Colombia."
From Time Magazine Archive
Me—Well, of course, all of this makes you unquestionably persona grata to us, and I think it should make you a novel and interesting feature of diplomatic life along Piccadilly.
From Half-Hours with the Idiot by Bangs, John Kendrick
