politeness

Example Sentences

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Politeness was regarded as old-fashioned, and so argument—at work and at home—became the principal way people related to one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Politeness suffused the car, the family, maybe the era, and nobody remarked on what was happening, even when another car appeared in the distance, speeding toward them.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

She also released a new memoir titled, appropriately "Dying of Politeness."

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2022

Politeness isn’t a virtue in “Speak No Evil,” it’s a fatal flaw.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Behind him a red and blue board said: Politeness.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy