pleasantries
Example Sentences
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Twenty years ago, founders proudly eschewed fashion and decorum, too busy writing code and devising a new world order to bother with pleasantries, like basic manners and French cuffs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Wiener said she had known Pretti for around five years and would exchange pleasantries with him over the fence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
They share coffee and pleasantries and then open proceedings; the finale of a months-long selection process.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025
After some pleasantries, I explained that I couldn’t help with her moving boxes because I was about to conduct a highly sensitive business transaction.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
They shook hands, exchanged pleasantries, and Mother followed him to a doorway with a security camera.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
