polite remark

Example Sentences

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He has always received me with some polite remark, as if I were a perfect stranger whom he had never seen before, but he always seemed in a hurry to get rid of me.

From East of the Shadows by Barclay, Hubert, Mrs.

And with a polite remark or two to the others Mr. Clifton bowed himself out, with Bertie in attendance.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various

We had heard that when the Empress was a girl, her governess would place her in front of a circle of chairs, and make her go round and address a polite remark to each.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

“When you have quite done praising the tea, will you please tell me what you believe about Mr. Harrington’s speech?” said the inexorable Joe, drowning her aunt’s reply to Vancouver’s polite remark.

From An American Politician by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

"That's not a polite remark to make to an old tree with moss on his branches," said the oak.

From The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories by Ewald, Carl