polite remark

Example Sentences

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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

Amy echoed the polite remark, while Will, eying the three with an attempt at a critical estimate, thought to himself, "They don't look a bit nicer than that girl at the corner table."

From A Flock of Girls and Boys by Perry, Nora

She wore a dazzling toilet; "from Worth," she replied, in explanation to some polite remark which Elsa had made upon her dress.

From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Schubin, Ossip

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 Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)

"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