COMPLAISANT in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for COMPLAISANT, such as:
1. She must not be left to her own complaisance.
2. Gillenormand, and who mention him with complaisance.
3. The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a complaisant manner.
4. The magistracy showed a great deal of complaisance in the matter.
5. But the youthful Uncas continued a silent and respectful listener, until Hawkeye, in complaisance, demanded his opinion.
2. Gillenormand, and who mention him with complaisance.
3. The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a complaisant manner.
4. The magistracy showed a great deal of complaisance in the matter.
5. But the youthful Uncas continued a silent and respectful listener, until Hawkeye, in complaisance, demanded his opinion.
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Meanings and Examples of COMPLAISANT
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complaisant
a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
Classic Sentence:
1 The behaviour of the young colt and foal appeared very modest, and that of the master and mistress extremely cheerful and complaisant to their guest.
2 He complied with her request, and answered her challenge in a large wine-cup; she then proceeded with her story, as if appeased by his complaisance.
3 She must not be left to her own complaisance.
4 She had never received from her more than outward attention, nothing beyond the observances of complaisance; had never succeeded in any point which she wanted to carry, against previous inclination.
5 Anne had always felt that she would pretend what was proper on her arrival, but the complaisance of the others was unlooked for.
6 It was not merely complaisance, it must be a liking to the cause, which made him enter warmly into her father and sister's solicitudes on a subject which she thought unworthy to excite them.
7 The magistracy showed a great deal of complaisance in the matter.
8 Gillenormand, and who mention him with complaisance.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH
9 On the gentlemen's appearing, her colour increased; yet she received them with tolerable ease, and with a propriety of behaviour equally free from any symptom of resentment or any unnecessary complaisance.
10 They were three days on their journey, and Marianne's behaviour as they travelled was a happy specimen of what future complaisance and companionableness to Mrs. Jennings might be expected to be.
11 But the youthful Uncas continued a silent and respectful listener, until Hawkeye, in complaisance, demanded his opinion.
Example Sentence:
1 The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a complaisant manner.