good taste

That which contributed likewise to place this book in the shade was the circumstance of Heiberg having at that time published his Every-day Stories, which were written in excellent language, and with good taste and truth.

The True Story of My Life

As Milton had already, in his Colasterion, said enough about Prynne and the heavy margins of his many pamphlets, and as the circumstances in which Prynne had lost his ears made the subject hardly a proper one for a public joke, it was but good taste in Milton to make the change.

The Life of John Milton

As we have been obliged to review accusations on Lady Byron founded on old Greek tragedy, so now we are forced to abridge a passage from a modern conversations-lexicon, that we may understand what sort of comparisons are deemed in good taste in a conservative English review, when speaking of ladies of rank in their graves.

Lady Byron Vindicated

We prohibit all things offensive to good taste in expression and incident—

Grand Theft Childhood

In Beverly Hills, an unlimited budget in the absence of good taste has often produced freakish architectural excess: turreted castles, texture-coated pseudovillas, Technicolor postmodernistic monstrosities, and cheesy imitations of Tara, each costing millions, competing for applause on a single palm-lined block.

Over the Edge

As he came through the wide doorway from a hushed and breathless world whose self-conscious good taste was almost overpowering to the upper, or workshop, part of the Papendeik establishment, Mr. Campion felt a gratifying return to reality.

The Fashion in Shrouds

In my own private celebration, I had put on my favorite Laura Ashley nightgown, a frilly folly worthy of Marie Antoinette that Lea had pronounced the height of mauvais goût but that Astrid had bought me anyway on a shopping trip to London, retorting that good taste was for dullards.

Dreaming in French

There may be some connection between good taste in food and retail clothiers.

The Italian Summer

The critics, you may remember, praised the editor for his commendable delicacy and good taste (so rare in these days!) in omitting from the correspondence all personal allusions, all those details intimes which should be kept sacred from the public gaze.

The Muse's Tragedy

Provocations may appear irreverent and aggressive, and they can be risky if they go overboard, i.e., if they exceed good taste or violate morality.

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