politely

Example Sentences

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She added: "I'll even miss standing front of the judges, can you believe that? Smiling politely while sometimes secretly disagreeing - it's been an honour to share the ballroom with them."

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Plemons politely declined and the server laughed, saying, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to give you any peer pressure.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Horning said he listened politely, not entirely sure what they were getting at.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

"These conditions don't just coexist politely," Gaffey says.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

Usually, she talked so much during the movie the boy sometimes had to politely shush her, but she barely spoke, barely ate her pizza.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman