Example sentences for: genteel

How can you use “genteel” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Buskers turn it into something of a genteel English country fair on the weekend.

  • But its capital is the smiling, sleepy town of Victoria, evoking a genteel British past that the British themselves may well have forgotten.

  • More a plaza than a park, the attractive square is a genteel place with tall trees, gas lanterns, and iron benches.

  • , rather than pursuing the life of genteel poverty demanded by academic or artistic careers.

  • We confess to a moment of doubt about our genteel policy of a week off every now and then when Princess Di was killed the day after our most recent skipped week began.


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