polite remark

Example Sentences

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Amy echoed the polite remark, while Will, eying the three with an attempt at a critical estimate, thought to himself, "They don't look a bit nicer than that girl at the corner table."

From A Flock of Girls and Boys by Perry, Nora

I don’t know whether the interpreter thought fit to explain the polite remark to his superior.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

I was just working hard to concoct some polite remark about ballets in general and this one in particular, when the intermission ended and she was again entirely absorbed in the spectacle below.

From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul

"That's not a polite remark to make to an old tree with moss on his branches," said the oak.

From The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories by Ewald, Carl

"What?" was the not very polite remark now repeated by all.

From New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune by Nesbit, E. (Edith)