comity
Example Sentences
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And even the most basic displays of bipartisan comity become newsworthy.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
"His many detractors should grant that his comments late Saturday at a White House press briefing hit the right notes of gratitude and comity," a Wall Street Journal editorial observed.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
Somaliland has a government, a constitution, a currency, defined borders and social comity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
They likely shook hands as they left the New York Historical, where the episode was filmed, content to have participated in a demonstration that relative comity is possible . . . in Middlevania.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2025
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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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
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