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social graces



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By the time Alfred left for Cambridge to join his two elder brothers, he was a skilled poet, but he lacked all social graces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Such expected social graces are one of the unique burdens of being America’s first Black president.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

Christopher, a young would-be novelist, has the social graces of a jackhammer.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023

Their linguistic skills, knowledge base and social graces will soon become flawless, endowed with perfect recall, competence, poise, reasoning abilities and intelligence.

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023

They worry about him all the time now—about his moods, his appearance, his lack of social graces.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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