politeness

Example Sentences

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Politeness was regarded as old-fashioned, and so argument—at work and at home—became the principal way people related to one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

She also released a new memoir titled, appropriately "Dying of Politeness."

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2022

Politeness isn’t a virtue in “Speak No Evil,” it’s a fatal flaw.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Politeness turns quickly into something else, a confrontation that reveals the regrets and hopes of both the narrator and the intruder.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

Behind him a red and blue board said: Politeness.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy