good manners
Example Sentences
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If parents only left money to well-behaved adult children with a pristine record of good manners and fiscal responsibility, most pet shelters would probably never have to raise funds again.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
In Minnesota, ethics go hand-in-hand with good manners.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
“On a personal level, to say, ‘I want, I want, I want,’ people may feel that, but we are taught that good manners is to suppress such immodest cravings.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
It’s not like those good manners and contrived niceties ever managed to paper over those divisions in the first place.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
Fragile, timid, with natural good manners, he was, however, better suited for war than for government.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
