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
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Naturally he is persona grata at Buckingham-on-Thames and in other conservative and princely household.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"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
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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