Examples of table manners in a Sentence
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An 18-year-old is learning some table manners after she was arrested on suspicion of throwing her Chipotle bowl at a worker’s chest in Santa Ana.
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Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2026
In reality, instruction in table manners was incidental to the main lesson, which was how to exchange ideas, frame a polite argument and, if necessary, pretend to be interested in what others had done that day.
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Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
Teachers and children practice family-style dining to help establish healthy eating habits, table manners and more time to eat and bond, says Perry.
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William Jones
march 16,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
Teaching your kids good table manners?
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Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
29 Oct. 2025
Green learned table manners, the kind of thing often required in business settings.
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Michael Vasquez,
NPR,
22 Aug. 2025
Each group’s table manners may have been a little surprising to the other, too.
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ArsTechnica,
18 July 2025
My children are constantly bucking my request of using good table manners.
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Judith Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 June 2025
Her responsibilities include teaching the children table manners and educating them about their family’s history, all whilst hiding her psychopathic tendencies.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2026
In reality, instruction in table manners was incidental to the main lesson, which was how to exchange ideas, frame a polite argument and, if necessary, pretend to be interested in what others had done that day.
—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
Teachers and children practice family-style dining to help establish healthy eating habits, table manners and more time to eat and bond, says Perry.
—
William Jones
march 16,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
Teaching your kids good table manners?
—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
29 Oct. 2025
Green learned table manners, the kind of thing often required in business settings.
—
Michael Vasquez,
NPR,
22 Aug. 2025
Each group’s table manners may have been a little surprising to the other, too.
—
ArsTechnica,
18 July 2025
My children are constantly bucking my request of using good table manners.
—
Judith Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 June 2025
Her responsibilities include teaching the children table manners and educating them about their family’s history, all whilst hiding her psychopathic tendencies.
—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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“Table manners.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20manners. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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