1、The plays of Wilds exemplify the comedy of manners.

2、comedy of manners ;comedy that presents a satirical portrayal of social life

3、The film transposes Austen's comedy of manners to modern-day India.

4、Anyone keen on another comedy of manners will be disappointed. So too will those who hoped to write off Mr Ferris as a victim of literary hype.

5、Critics didn't much like his third book, the Spell, perhaps in part because they didn't realise it was a comedy of manners.

6、The Cocktail party appears to be a comedy of manners and shows how people at such a party talk all the time but say nothing.

7、A comedy of manners set in the months immediately before and after the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks and involving three bright young things who work in the New York media.