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Example sentences for: genteel

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

Tanenhaus submits Chambers to a genteel alchemy in which the wonderfully low is transmuted to the dismally high, and vitality is traded for status.
His interviews tend to focus on the more educated, affluent segments of the middle class, segments that may more easily slip into genteel euphemisms and present themselves as "enlightened."
Notice the architecture as well: At the end of the converted carriage houses, the less genteel eastern end gives way to series of alternate classic bow- and flat-fronted townhouses.
Once the gathering place of the colonial “glitterati,” it still draws European travelers for a glimpse of a genteel past.
This developed into a liaison, which led in time to a bit of genteel blackmail."