common courtesy

Example Sentences

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It is common courtesy today to reach for a nearby rake after you have played from a bunker, and to smooth out the surface for the rest of the players.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

You could be anyone, and no one is expecting anything more from you than a bit of common courtesy.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

"This was done without even the common courtesy of informing the fellow partners in the government of national unity about his intention to do so," said Steenhuisen.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

“They didn’t give them common courtesy to alert them that there was a possibility that they could have contracted something,” Miguel Gonzalez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2021

And when they had such a place, it was only common courtesy in anyone else who knew of it to keep his knowledge to himself.

From "1984" by George Orwell