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

Since Sir Charles Wood won the enduring gratitude of the Indian reigning houses by relieving them of the exploitation of early British misrule, his grandson is automatically persona grata at Delhi.

From Time Magazine Archive

Berlin was asked if Republican Senator Frederic Moseley Sackett of Kentucky would be persona grata in his place.

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