courteous act

Example Sentences

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Every good action of yours, every impulse of affection for those who love you, every courteous act towards your companions, every noble thought of yours, is like a leap towards that other world.

From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

He is the same delightful, good-hearted fellow as of old; always ready to do a kind, or courteous act.

From Idle Hour Stories by Potts, Eugenia Dunlap

The courteous act, which was quite spontaneous, charmed the Queen and the Prince.

From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 by Tytler, Sarah

Forth stepp'd King Gunther's servants with courteous act and look, And led them to fit chambers, and in charge their raiment took.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

The emperor saw his daughter performing that courteous act, and he was very pleased.

From The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc by Rudder, Robert S.