polite remark
Example Sentences
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"Hullo, another——" "Misfire," was the polite remark of the sergeant.
From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Malins, Geoffrey H.
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.
Some of those at table with him, being ladies and gentlemen, now and again made a polite remark; to which he answered with equal politeness.
From The Man by Stoker, Bram
He turned off the furious remonstrances which came like the burden of a song from Berlin, with the polite remark that the Prussian Government would be soon very glad to follow his example.
From Cavour by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
"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
