pleasantry
Example Sentences
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It’s unclear if this is a plea or a pleasantry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
After emerging from the car, and before they walked the picket line, Slater and Harrah exchanged a nonverbal pleasantry.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2020
In a different version of Washington — something in the ballpark of the old normal, whatever that was — the sentiment could be ignored as a boilerplate pleasantry.
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2019
Murray seemed embarrassed, mumbled some pleasantry, then turned away.
From Scientific American • Jun. 6, 2019
“I beg your pardon,” offered Edna, in some em-barrassment, for she should have remembered that Mademoiselle Reisz’s avoidance of the water had furnished a theme for much pleasantry.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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