| 1. | I assure you they are very genteel people. - from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
| 2. | "To be sure," said Harriet, in a mortified voice, "he is not so genteel as real gentlemen.. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 3. | Bingley, is not he So much the man of fashion So genteel and easy He had always something to say to everybody. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 4. | After some consideration, he went into business as an Informer, in which calling he realises a genteel subsistence. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 5. | Pumblechook was in favor of a handsome premium for binding me apprentice to some genteel trade,--say, the corn and seed trade, for instance. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 6. | "But why should you think," said Lucy, looking ashamed of her sister, "that there are not as many genteel young men in Devonshire as Sussex. - from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
| 7. | "No, Miss Jane, not exactly you are genteel enough you look like a lady, and it is as much as ever I expected of you you were no beauty as a child.. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 8. | I don't know why it should be a crack thing to be a brewer but it is indisputable that while you cannot possibly be genteel and bake, you may be as genteel as never was and brew. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 9. | The law was allowed to be genteel enough many young men, who had chambers in the Temple, made a very good appearance in the first circles, and drove about town in very knowing gigs. - from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |