table manners

Example Sentences

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Ulf was reacting to being reprimanded for his table manners but he could have been talking to the writers’ room.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024

Plenty of etiquette guides exist for hosts, but guests are bereft of guidance beyond table manners.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2023

But concerns about the rights to the name of that stocky Australian animal, known for its pungent scent, loud screech and wanting table manners, have inflamed passions at even the highest reaches of government.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

I won’t even mention Doug’s table manners, as I’m sure that would set her off.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022

Instead, during every waking moment from breakfast until bedtime, she drilled the children on all they had learned in preparation for the big event: table manners, proper introductions, handshakes, bows, and curtsies.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood