social graces
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Along the way, we are treated to the author’s ironic wit and the delightful spectacle of Josie schooling her partner in the social graces he endearingly lacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
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
Dear Miss Manners: I was raised in a world of social graces where you did not ask point-blank questions, except among family or very close friends.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
John doesn’t know how to whisper, or how to lie, which means he also inconveniently takes others at their word; he lacks social graces, obsessing about a boat in the midst of a funeral.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
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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