good graces


see in one's good graces.

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How to use good graces in a sentence

  • He is simply hanging around here to try and work his way into the good graces of your daughter.

  • In order to win a place in the good graces of the daughter I must please the father, or at least attract his favorable notice.

    The Circular Study | Anna Katharine Green
  • Then I shall make you change your note; which will help me in the good graces of the dauphiness, whom you have offended.

    Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas
  • The young assistant's bashfulness commended him to his mother-in-law's good graces.

  • To get into the good graces of Lisbeth Fargus you had to know her ways and humour them.

    Auld Licht Idylls | J. M. Barrie