polite remark
Example Sentences
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So sorry did I feel for the woman that I leant across and addressed some trivial, polite remark to her, but received no reply.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
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
I was just working hard to concoct some polite remark about ballets in general and this one in particular, when the intermission ended and she was again entirely absorbed in the spectacle below.
From The Children of the World by Paul Heyse
"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 Carl Ewald
The guests shake hands with the hostess, and making some polite remark about the "beautiful wedding" or "lovely bride," continue in line to the bridal pair.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
