bedside manner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bedside manner
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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He has little of Karp’s genteel bedside manner or public profile and is known instead for an unforgiving style and hard-driving perfectionism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Your suspicions could be correct, but have you considered that you may be mistaking her bedside manner for something else instead?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025
We aren’t shown a single doctor with a sympathetic bedside manner.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2025
Both offer a critique of bedside manner; patients that, seemingly fine, suddenly lose consciousness; red herrings, dead ends and wrong trees to bark up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
He was a no-nonsense fellow and had far less of a bedside manner than the cordial young physician of the night before.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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