comport
verb (used with object)
to bear or conduct (oneself ); behave.
have comported
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present perfectof comport.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In fact, Yates may have comported herself better than any of the other key players in the Flynn saga.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2020
Further there is absolutely no reason to conclude that Mr. Slater would have comported himself in anything other than a professional manner in the event of a serious emergency.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2010
Many a man will say that in all my relations with Carlotta I have comported myself as a fool, and that my marriage is the crowning folly.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
If only Diana could have comported herself in a rational manner the situation might at least have been decently salvaged, if not carried with triumph.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley
No queen, accustomed to the usages of royalty all her life, could have comported herself with more calmness and dignity than did the wife of the President.
From Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley
