politeness
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“Freed from narrative, sound and movement, his photographs indulge our desire to look longer and more intently than politeness would normally permit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
Her arm was much thinner and lighter than his mother’s and Pierrot began to sob, but quietly, still mindful of being in a strange house where politeness was all.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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