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

He was at all times persona grata with royalty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Naturally he is persona grata at Buckingham-on-Thames and in other conservative and princely household.

From Time Magazine Archive

When at New Haven, or Princeton, or Cambridge, Mass., or Cambridge, Eng., he is persona grata among a group of serious-minded young men distinguished by their piety and their wealth.

From Time Magazine Archive

And Mildred, being the daughter of Marshall Lloyd, is persona grata here, and can wriggle out of any scrape.

From Nancy of Paradise Cottage by Watkins, Shirley