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.

We had heard that when the Empress was a girl, her governess would place her in front of a circle of chairs, and make her go round and address a polite remark to each.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

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

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)

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 Post, Emily