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He added, “And he has given his assurance that he will comport himself in a wholly professional manner that is the expectation of every Skydance colleague and partner.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2019

No one is sure how Jiang will comport himself in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

“And you, E’lir Kvothe, will comport yourself with more decorum in the future.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

I have always found it utterly impossible to foretell from a man's behaviour towards his own sex how he will comport himself in the presence of females.

From The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton by Hay, Ian

I have been wondering all day," said the genial Domitius, when the tent had emptied, "how Cæsar will comport himself if he is taken prisoner and not slain in battle.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns