How To Use complaisance In A Sentence
- To return to our Egistus, the fluter; it was remarkable that in becoming more insupportable, the traitor put on the appearance of complaisance. The Confessions of J J Rousseau
- Polite manners, a versatility of mind, a complaisance even to enemies, and the volto sciolto, with the pensieri stretti, are only to be learned at courts, and must be well learned by whoever would either shine or thrive in them. Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
- A rebellion of public opinion against such complaisance is possible but not certain.
- Applying PVDF as a sensitive material, the developed sensor has a complaisance surface and a minimal size, very suitable for the bionical hand.
- Some are, and must be, greater than the rest;" but then, as Dr Beattie observes, "the superiority vested by law in the man is compensated to the woman by that superior complaisance which is paid them by every man who aspires to elegance of manners. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World
- complaisance" -- that every man strive to accommodate himself to the rest. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics
- If consensus breeds academic complaisance, chaos does the opposite.
- Yet, It's A Wonderful Life has a dark, brooding heart and it openly questions in brutal terms the complaisance of small-town life just after the world's worst-ever conflict, a war that snuffed out tens of millions of people. Tom Watson: George Bailey and the Darkness on the Edge of Town
- Besides, he began to find himself a mere novice in French gallantry, which is supported by an amazing volubility of tongue, and obsequious and incredible attention to trifles, a surprising faculty of laughing out of pure complaisance, and a nothingness of conversation which he could never attain. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
- I felt myself very comfortable in that house, and every individual of the family had all kind of complaisance for me. The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula
