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
Sometimes I wonder if the man who evaluated my worth by my table manners came to understand that.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022
In the two-minute video, Paddington guzzles tea in front of the queen, before offering a spare marmalade sandwich to make up for his poor table manners.
From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2022
Like “Daisies” itself, they typically embarrass these stodgy authority figures with their shameless gold-digging and terrible table manners.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
I dropped the spoon I’d been given and slurped straight from a wooden bowl, my table manners a distant memory as greasy, delicious broth dribbled down my chin.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
