formal courtesy
Example Sentences
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The campaign began on April 6 when Mr. Brown paid a formal courtesy visit to Queen Elizabeth II, asking her to dissolve Parliament.
From New York Times • May 6, 2010
Thus it raised eyebrows recently�and provoked some snickers�when American Charg� d'Affaires Russell Fessenden was kept waiting while the ambassador of a small Latin American country paid a formal courtesy call on West Germany's chief executive.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the hands of the Press, II Benito received not even formal courtesy.
From Time Magazine Archive
He never addressed her save as "Madam," and he cared for her comfort, and in all things bore himself towards her with the formal courtesy he would have shown a queen.
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Johnston, Mary
"Mon Dieu!" exclaimed the vicomtesse, forgetful of her Huguenot training, and swept by Miss Gainor's most formal courtesy and was gone.
From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
