Danny was a well-bred, courteous man. From LearnThat.org.
Adjective : a well-bred boy. From Dictionary.com.
Now, well-bred menand you are all well-bred. From Wordnik.com. [The Rights of Women-Spoken by Miss Fontenelle] Reference
Wiped his nose behind his hat, like a well-bred orator. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Nicholas Danver's well-bred old voice broke the silence. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
They were well-preserved, well-bred spinsters under forty. From Wordnik.com. [A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes] Reference
He was depressed in mien though always well-bred in bearing. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
"I meant cards," explained the visitor with a well-bred smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
With the well-bred he could speak glibly, and had airs himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
On meeting a lady a well-bred gentleman will always lift his hat. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
His cultured lisping speech and his well-bred air interested Jim. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
Cliges, the valiant, the well-bred, thinks of his father's command. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
Bob had been taught to take good care of the family cow -- a well-bred. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
She received the royal party like a well-bred lady, and they all entered the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Nervous, well-bred horses are most susceptible to nervous or spasmodic colic. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Occasionally someone answers a cell phone but talks in a low, well-bred voice. From Wordnik.com. [Who Do You Say I Am] Reference
A well-bred person will always cultivate habits of the most scrupulous neatness. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Refined: having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: freed from impurities. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
He was a tall, fine-looking man, well-bred and intelligent, and had a kindly face. From Wordnik.com. [The Inmate Of The Dungeon 1894] Reference
"Yeah, well," he tells the wife, "a lot of well-bred people need their real-lifer.". From Wordnik.com. [Celebrating An Unholy Sabbath] Reference
She was sure to choose the mignonette -- a fair, well-bred, graceful plant like herself. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There were many intelligent and well-bred women, whose acquaintance I made with extreme pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
Georges been more witty, more affectionate, more well-bred; he was still the man of the day before. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And the world opens its eyes in wonder when it sees the well-bred Anglo-Saxon dispose of his asparagus. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
It is also the result of courtesy, as we may occasionally see in well-bred persons of limited intellect. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Sense and Sensibility ': A new two-part film about the well-bred but poor Dashwood sisters and their suitors. From Wordnik.com. [Lights, Camera, Austen] Reference
All these well-bred folks at a black-tie reception, she said angrily, and here I was behaving like a subway bum. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Charm] Reference
On perceiving Frank she was a little astonished, but soon recovered her self-control and assumed a well-bred smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
It is not inquisitorial, not even inquisitive, is perfectly well-bred, and can shut its eyes on all proper occasions. From Wordnik.com. [The Limits Of Inclusiveness] Reference
Clamard who does not like pussy-cats, but is too well-bred to tell you so, and the marquise who flatters you, and Blondel!. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
She's had some literary success, but she and her family, like many of her well-bred characters, suffer financial misfortune. From Wordnik.com. [Lights, Camera, Austen] Reference
But the other was not pleased to allow the situation to develop into merely a well-bred meeting of three former acquaintances. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
And this he does, like all he does, in a sparkling, well-bred, impertinent style, peculiar to himself, and peculiarly attractive. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
His companion was forty years of age, had a high, well-bred carriage, and a sensitive face that showed charm rather than strength. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
Various have been the opinions upon the difference of speed between a well-bred greyhound and a racehorse if opposed to each other. From Wordnik.com. [A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
"Known as he was as a hawk, I thought he'd exert more leadership," says Kobayashi, "but he turned out to be just another well-bred son.". From Wordnik.com. [The Good Son Falters] Reference
These are based upon the accepted customs of well-bred people, and have in view the convenience and comfort of all who are at the table. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management] Reference
He was seated on a raised dais at the upper end of the audience-hall, and received us with the courteous dignity of a well-bred gentleman. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
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