Nearby two girls' dresses and several women's gowns show how smocking made its way into more genteel society, a process initiated by Liberty in the 1880's.

You might put ME into a Jail, with genteel society and a rubber, and I should never care to come out.

For the Southerners, the genteel society was doubly attractive: They could escape the heat without spending their money in the Northern states.

"Well, it may be true," said McCoy, "but those convicts built a very genteel society."

"But, Bones," said Captain Kirk, "that genteel society kept slaves."

"Underneath the most genteel societies there's often a rotten core."

Over time, I have come to recognize this serving style as the backbone of genteel society.

The contrast between their life and that of genteel society provided endless potential for resentment.

Terrorism relied for its effectiveness on the racism of genteel society.

This liberal bourgeoisie belonged to a more genteel and sheltered society.