Sentence examples similar to token of gentility from inspiring English sources

All arms are on the same basis; all are signs of gentility—"the ensigns of nobility".

"They ignore the most basic standards of gentility and respect," Mr. Castro continued.

As a status symbol, even as a sign of gentility, they've lost their standing.

She represents a fading tradition of gentility, the bizarre criminals are a cross-section of a nation in decline.

The adagio, a full two minutes longer than on Mr. Norrington's London recording, was an oasis of gentility.

I wish we lived in a country where that sort of gentility and civility was the political norm.

Here and there, towards the top of Amhurst Road, pockets of gentility peek through the desperation.

By the time of Susanna Kaysen's stay, the air of gentility was disappearing.

Her family, self-made, and with self-made rules of gentility, considered it impolite to call from room to room.

"Mansfield" was her own embellishment; it had the sound of gentility.

Cora, so observant and determined, makes a perfect witness of this grotesque realm of gentility floating on blood.