polite remark
Example Sentences
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So sorry did I feel for the woman that I leant across and addressed some trivial, polite remark to her, but received no reply.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)
He turned off the furious remonstrances which came like the burden of a song from Berlin, with the polite remark that the Prussian Government would be soon very glad to follow his example.
From Cavour by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
"Hullo, another——" "Misfire," was the polite remark of the sergeant.
From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Malins, Geoffrey H.
Some of those at table with him, being ladies and gentlemen, now and again made a polite remark; to which he answered with equal politeness.
From The Man by Stoker, Bram
"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
