Sample Sentences forsavoir-faire (auto-selected)
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He was painfully aware that he lacked the ecclesiastical aplomb and savoir-faire that enabled so many of his colleagues in other faiths and sects to get ahead.† (source)
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A wave of disbelief swept over me (She is actually grabbing me there, I thought) but I tried to affect a saving savoir-faire.† (source)
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At four there were refreshments in a lunch-room, and this time they paid an even smaller per cent on the total cost; something about the appearance and savoir-faire of the crowd made the thing go, and they were not pursued.† (source)
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Schwartz in particular irritated him by his jocularity, vivacity, and savoir-faire, which reminded him of what he himself had been ten years ago.† (source)
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Neither did she possess that savoir faire, let alone that peculiar appeal for men, that characterized some girls even when they were not pretty.† (source)
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He felt unnecessarily stiff and awkward among these white-flannelled, bareheaded youths, who must be juniors and seniors, judging from the savoir faire with which they strolled.† (source)
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She lost her money, but not her savoir faire.†
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