niceties
Example Sentences
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Weeks before, his predecessor, Sir Philip Barton, had worked through the formal niceties of confirming Lord Mandelson's appointment to Washington, such as writing to the King about it on the 18th of December.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Bessent’s criticisms of the Fed’s spending on its building renovation and other niceties suggest its budget could shrink, too.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
As they discuss the niceties and textual flaws of the classics they love as much as life itself, Stoppard’s playfulness is tinged with rue; the older man cannot prevent the younger’s heartbreak to come.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025
It’s a strange idea for a movie that, while lacking such structural niceties as an obvious goal to be met, proves an oddly touching experience, somber yet slightly absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
“One might sooner scrawl on granite with a lilac than impress rhetorical niceties upon that woman.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
