How to use "genteel" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "genteel" in popular movie and book plots

  • Blanche Fury (Valerie Hobson) is a beautiful and genteel woman, forced into menial domestic service after the death of her parents.  - Blanche Fury
  • Before long, Cromwell becomes a quiet and genteel town.  - You Know My Name (film)
  • Back in the present, Louanne continues to lie to the reporters and tell them about her genteel background.  - Bright Lights (1930 film)
  • In the most genteel terms, they offer him an enormous bribe to stop his inquiries.  - Gallows Thief
  • Gagan and Abalakanta (Santosh Dutta) helped Savitri learn etiquette and the ways of genteel society.  - Ogo Bodhu Shundori
  • Mrs st Vincent is a genteel lady living in reduced circumstances with her son and daughter, Rupert and Barbara.  - The Golden Ball and Other Stories
  • Despite the unrest, society still proceeds on the surface in a genteel course, with state balls and society events.  - Savrola
  • Hogue and Joshua continue to run the robust business, delighting in shocking the often genteel travelers with the realities of frontier life.  - The Ballad of Cable Hogue
  • As Moon is dragged back to the gallows, Julia Tate (Steenburgen)—a headstrong, genteel Southern virgin—agrees to marry and take charge of him.  - Goin' South
  • Mrs st Vincent is a genteel lady living in reduced circumstances with her son and daughter, Rupert and Barbara.  - The Listerdale Mystery
  • She gives birth to a son, Anthony Judson "Tony" Lawrence, and raises him in genteel poverty.  - The Young Philadelphians
  • So Amelia returns to live in genteel poverty with her parents.  - Vanity Fair (2004 film)
  • Redmond Barry of Bally Barry, born to a genteel but ruined Irish family, fancies himself a gentleman.  - The Luck of Barry Lyndon
  • There, Duff meets the pretty and genteel schoolteacher Josie, the daughter of Preacher Dawson.  - Nothing But a Man
  • The family is settled in a new neighborhood, living in genteel poverty after the father lost their money.  - Little Women
  • The Lintons are landed gentry and Catherine is influenced by their fine appearance and genteel manners.  - Wuthering Heights

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