comity

Example Sentences

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Somaliland has a government, a constitution, a currency, defined borders and social comity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

For Katherine, this revelation is the key that will unlock global comity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Those predictions, however, have usually been followed by renewed signs of comity between the two men.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

"There's a lot of comity here between a state and a federal court, and even on a federal issue, we have to respect state court rulings."

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025

State Department regularly brought African dignitaries to the city, to show the world that the stories in the sensationalist press about race problems in America were exaggerated or exceptions to the rule of racial comity.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson