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.
I don’t know whether the interpreter thought fit to explain the polite remark to his superior.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
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 Heyse, Paul
"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)
"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
