politeness
Example Sentences
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She didn't usually drink coffee but when the interviewer, a senior civil servant called Christian Nègre, offered her one, she agreed out of politeness.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
There is a kind of professional politeness that demands we discuss each case in isolation so no one has to say aloud what the cumulative pattern reveals.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
“I think the combination of proper grammar and politeness was the key to its effectiveness,” he wrote on X last November.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Their restraint with peppering the dialogue with blatant evil effectively allows the version of fear hiding behind the surface politeness of America’s nicest small towns to seep into our consciousness.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025
Brinker got an armchair from behind the balustrade, and seated Finny on it with courtly politeness.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
