courtesies

Example Sentences

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You’re sitting in a room full of people who you want access to and you are observing the courtesies that are required to keep you in the room.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2025

“He’s paid his fealty. He’s done his bows and courtesies, and now realism sets in. He’s not going to win South Carolina in November,” Huffmon said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2024

But he said he had never known which works Bouvier was selling to Rybolovlev and that whatever he had done constituted accepted practices and courtesies undertaken by specialists selling works to a buyer.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

"Dealing with the current prime minister is easier in some ways than dealing with his immediate predecessors because he at least observes the basic courtesies of intergovernmental relations," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

She had a crown on her head, and everyone she had ever known came before her, to bend the knee and say their courtesies.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin