Francine's mother taught her how to properly comport herself in the company of strangers. From LearnThat.org.
PS: Tom Delay's aide said he probably won't meet with me because I don't "comport" myself properly. From Wordnik.com. [Cindy Sheehan: Tired to the Bone] Reference
The body is then legally dead, and must comport itself accordingly. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Do the circumstances in which modern men are placed comport with it?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865] Reference
CONAN: Does that description, Sarah, comport with your image of the song?. From Wordnik.com. [Sting On His World Tour And Humanitarian Work] Reference
That deadline is going to become self-defeating to try to comport with it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2007] Reference
Burke writing to Louis XVI. a letter of wise advice how to comport himself. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
I mean, there were obviously changes made to comport with modern standards. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2006] Reference
And the administration will either have to file new charges that comport. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2006] Reference
At least it doesn't comport with the image most of us have of making risky decisions. From Wordnik.com. [Surprising Entrepreneurship Lessons From Around The World] Reference
The civilian witnesses 'accounts comport closely with those of the police at the scene. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2007] Reference
Desmond smiled as he thought of how his friend Surendra Nath might comport himself in a storm. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
And then she cou'd the better tell her whether she cou'd order Matters so as to comport therewith. From Wordnik.com. [The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women] Reference
It wasn't always possible for me to behave in the professional manner that I like to comport myself. From Wordnik.com. [Journalist Lawrence Wright's 'Trip To Al-Qaeda'] Reference
We are required to work toward probity and comport ourselves as though our lost ones are there with us. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunting] Reference
This strategy is succeeding, and their failure to recognize that I think doesn't comport with the facts. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2008] Reference
"It will be interesting, though, to see how they comport themselves in a gathering," the Dominican went on. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
And the director, Baz Luhrmann, is doing his best to make sure they don't comport themselves like opera singers. From Wordnik.com. [Baz Is Broadway Bound] Reference
It certainly does not comport with the honor of the nation to have to rely upon the churlish courtesy of England. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864] Reference
It hinges on the Iraqis suddenly decided to comport themselves in a way that we'd consider democratic and Western. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2007] Reference
"And yet, Sire, at their first meeting he did not comport himself like one easily put out," persisted the favorite. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
It would not comport with my present purpose to review the proceedings of Congress upon the Lecompton constitution. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
It does not comport with the character of our Government to exact pledges of any State which are not exacted of all. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866] Reference
I was convinced, from the bravery already displayed by him, would do what would comport with the honour of the flag. From Wordnik.com. [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference
Of course, he has to comport himself differently than the rest of us do when somebody makes an allegation against him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2003] Reference
As far as that went, he told himself angrily, he, Kio Barra, could comport himself with the best if necessity demanded. From Wordnik.com. [The Weakling] Reference
'We can do nothing to-night, for we have no weapons, and to fight otherwise would scarce comport with the dignity of gentlemen. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
Mr. Rosenbaum's request did no comport with the crime in so far as the rules of criminal procedure 3.210, and 3.214 was denied. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2001] Reference
I am not sure, however, whether payment will comport with the cure, and I would not have the reward interfere with the medicine. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
The gentlemen awaited her with impatience, the ladies with curiosity, to see how she would comport herself in her new situation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
I have heard the history of this monument, and the village that has grown up around it, and if you will comport yourself more as. From Wordnik.com. [The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal] Reference
First, the story has to keep moving and changing at a pretty fast clip that does not comport with the pace at which real life is lived. From Wordnik.com. [A Not Very Good Film] Reference
This fact does not comport very well with the complaint, that the apprentices cultivate their provision grounds to the neglect of the estates. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
That is part of the discussion: Are the standards that are being used to conduct these recounts really fair and comport with equal protection?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: U.S. Supreme Court Considering Bush Challenge of Manual Recounts - December 11, 2000] Reference
In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
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