Sentence examples for better mannered from inspiring English sources

Nicole is perkier and better mannered; she smiles a lot and thanks her hosts repeatedly.

Far better mannered and rather less interesting were Megan Fairchild and Joaquin De Luz as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.

Fry, in this colorful company, is more European than Gottschalk, better mannered than Heinrich, less polished but less predictable than Bristow.

Many Britons were in turn disturbed by the United States Army's racial segregation and thought black G.I.'s better mannered than the white soldiers.

Built by Peter the Great as Russia's window on the west, St . Petersburghas long seen itself as more cultured, more civilized, better mannered -- in a word, more European -- than its rival, Moscow.

The graffiti have gone, the gang is smaller and better mannered and, as Steve Kidder, a local shopkeeper, puts it, "we're gradually getting back to where we were".Until recently, Sheffield's police would probably not have devoted so much energy to solving a neighbourhood problem.

And he remarked on the painful irony: "When nations or individuals get strong they are often truculent and bullying, but when they are weak they become better-mannered.

"I think Jed has better manners -- which is not to say he is well mannered -- than his father," she said.

She deserves better material than this mannered and airless take on the mysterious quest, which doesn't actually give her anywhere to go at all.

Even the apparently mild-mannered Graham Coxon has better Oasis gossip: he now says that he almost jumped out of a window when the Blur vs. Oasis rivalry was at its peak.

One study found that voters' answer to the question, "is it more important for a child to be considerate or well-mannered?" was a better predictor of whether they would support Trump than their income level, for example.