Indeed, Thomas B. Fenlon, a lawyer and author, said in his 1996 book that Pelham has always been known for its bred-in-the-bone neighborliness. |
But one can never reckon with real, bred-in-the-bone old-maidism. |
All winter, he campaigned more like a bred-in-the-bone conservative than a Massachusetts governor who championed a health care system that became the president's model. |
Robert D. Krebs of the Fort Worth-based Burlington Northern is a bred-in-the-bone railroad man, with 34 years' experience running American trains. |
Hers is a bred-in-the-bone racehorse beauty, and it is, as ever, marvelous to see. |
They had the kind of bred-in-the-bone manners that were unobtrusively the same for one and all. |