comity
Example Sentences
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Unlike today’s comity among most European leaders, wartime distrust lingered and cooperation proved elusive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
For Katherine, this revelation is the key that will unlock global comity.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
Those predictions, however, have usually been followed by renewed signs of comity between the two men.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025
It’s also possible to engage in probing conversations and push back against inconsistencies without abandoning any earned sense of comity with the other person.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2024
There, I saw not only flare-ups of ethnic animosity, but the comity that was also possible among men of different backgrounds.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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