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
Giovanni Beda Cardinale, is no longer persona grata and that the Argentine Minister to the Vatican, Garcia Mansilla, will be replaced.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though he took candle in hand and marched devoutly in one of the many well-attended Corpus Christi parades last month, Vice Chancellor von Papen seemed no longer persona grata to the Church.
From Time Magazine Archive
President Hoover wanted to repudiate the Post's attack against the Prince still more strongly; to establish the fact, without mixing personally in the affair, that the Ambassador was persona grata with the U. S. Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
The work was harassing; he was not a persona grata with his colleagues, and none sought to lighten his burdens.
From Velazquez by Bensusan, S. L. (Samuel Levy)
