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
Nor is Colonel John Patrick Sullivan, another big old-line Democrat, persona grata beyond his urban district, because of his horse track, gambling and brewing connections.
From Time Magazine Archive
Naturally he is persona grata at Buckingham-on-Thames and in other conservative and princely household.
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
It might have offered to recall Chauvelin, and to substitute Maret, a man known to be a persona grata to Pitt.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
