social graces

The difference is much more than a matter of social graces.

She'd always been after him to learn the social graces.

On the other hand, the social graces seemed to come naturally.

In fact, he barely has any of the social graces.

She was a Canadian and had all their easy social graces.

He would learn, in time, the small social graces which she took for granted.

And no one with any social graces showed up on time for a reception.

The couple were known for their social graces and became prominent members of Boston society.

If nothing else he was definitely lacking in the social graces.

Hours later, bowing to social graces, I called to thank her.

"I wanted people with at least a minimum of social graces.

"In other words, you're a spy without any social graces."

She was almost immediately sent to Europe in the hope of improving her social graces.

In my grandmother's time, it was important for a young woman to learn the social graces if she wanted to marry a good man.

For one thing, neither of them was exactly steeped in the social graces.

"Do you know you have no social graces at all?"

Gil said he had no problem with table manners and social graces.

I could be forgiven for being a little rusty on the social graces.

I'd crammed a whole education into those three years, with no time for social graces."

Dona wanted to be alone and was bored with social graces.

I have never found that my lack of social graces has been a hindrance.

Though short on social graces, he has a nutty charm.

"He's gotten a lot better now, but when I was in graduate school he had no social graces whatsoever."

Presently she spoke with the air of someone maintaining the social graces at all costs.

Lacking in looks and social graces, she preferred to stay away from Court functions.