Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-bred
Adjective
  • Interaction with the clients is very polite, very kind—but very short.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Grownups in his life describe him as friendly, polite, curious, bright, and playful.
    MARE Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But instead of being gracious, Trump booted Zelenskyy out of the White House, leaving the hero’s lunch on a tray in the hall, torpedoing his existential fight to save his battered country and Ukrainian lives.
    Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Here’s a gracious one-bedroom in North Park Slope, close to the Park and Grand Army Plaza, with an elegant layout: a big foyer, with a large living room on one side, the bedroom on the other, and a kitchen in the middle.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The third individual placed on leave -- a member of the office's civil division -- posted about Elon Musk and Ed Martin, a leader of the Stop the Steal movement and President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., the sources said.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The Treasury Department will set up an office to administer the reserve, which will be capitalized with Bitcoin (BTC) confiscated by the government as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings, according to the order.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Well-bred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-bred. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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