pleasantry

Example Sentences

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It’s unclear if this is a plea or a pleasantry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Norm doesn’t treat the inquiry — “How’s the world treating you, Norm?” — as perfunctory pleasantry.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

Suddenly things that seem kind of nice because they are little dashes of pleasantry in what may be an otherwise sterile work environment are relatively banal in the context of working from home.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Murray seemed embarrassed, mumbled some pleasantry, then turned away.

From Scientific American • Jun. 6, 2019

It wasn’t a pleasantry, she really needed to know.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson