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.
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)
"What?" was the not very polite remark now repeated by all.
From New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
I don’t know whether the interpreter thought fit to explain the polite remark to his superior.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
"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
