comity
Example Sentences
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And even the most basic displays of bipartisan comity become newsworthy.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Somaliland has a government, a constitution, a currency, defined borders and social comity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
I’ve learned over the years that what’s mine is yours and usually likewise in the spirit of hiker comity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
Those predictions, however, have usually been followed by renewed signs of comity between the two men.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025
Days later, I could not find the tortoise, and apprehended that hunger had wrestled custom and comity and triumphed over them both.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing comity
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
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This Week in Words: November 10 - 16, 2018
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