politeness

I’m not pining for a return to the Victorian era, but politeness and decency should include respect, common interest and nailing a spike into today’s rampant narcissism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Buckingham Palace hit back with a response, which although dressed in courtier-like politeness, was essentially saying the conversation had never happened like that.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“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

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

There’s a sort of primal hostility all around us, hidden by a veneer of suburban politeness.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman