Examples of table manners in a Sentence
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This was the silly, somewhat nonsensical rhyme my stepmom used to reprimand us with whenever our table manners got out of line.
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Clare Finney, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
Coincidentally, the last places spotted using the finger bowl included Ireland, England, and the American South, three places renowned for respecting table manners.
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
Dear Miss Manners: My two grandchildren, ages 7 and 9, are very sweet but have terrible table manners.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
Dear Carolyn: My 14-year-old suddenly — as of a few months ago — has terrible table manners.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
But Italians, resistant to culinary novelty and mindful of table manners, are trying to incorporate them into the usual frying pan.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
Consider table manners an extension of the parental lessons that went before.
—Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 21 June 2023
Etiquette requires us to make our guests comfortable - an underlying rule which supersedes normal table manners when someone has a disability which makes normal table manners difficult or impossible.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
Sloppy table manners can damage the appetites of those around him.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
Clare Finney, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
Coincidentally, the last places spotted using the finger bowl included Ireland, England, and the American South, three places renowned for respecting table manners.
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
Dear Miss Manners: My two grandchildren, ages 7 and 9, are very sweet but have terrible table manners.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
Dear Carolyn: My 14-year-old suddenly — as of a few months ago — has terrible table manners.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
But Italians, resistant to culinary novelty and mindful of table manners, are trying to incorporate them into the usual frying pan.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
Consider table manners an extension of the parental lessons that went before.
—Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 21 June 2023
Etiquette requires us to make our guests comfortable - an underlying rule which supersedes normal table manners when someone has a disability which makes normal table manners difficult or impossible.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
Sloppy table manners can damage the appetites of those around him.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
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“Table manners.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20manners. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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