common courtesy

Example Sentences

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It is common courtesy today to reach for a nearby rake after you have played from a bunker, and to smooth out the surface for the rest of the players.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

You could be anyone, and no one is expecting anything more from you than a bit of common courtesy.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

"This was done without even the common courtesy of informing the fellow partners in the government of national unity about his intention to do so," said Steenhuisen.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

“They didn’t give them common courtesy to alert them that there was a possibility that they could have contracted something,” Miguel Gonzalez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2021

“I am here on my own time. If you want me to cooperate w'ith you, then answer my question. Out of common courtesy, one Latino to another.”

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez