polite

Example Sentences

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You are not politically correct and don’t necessarily belong always in polite society.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

He was well spoken and polite, so his bosses soon began sending him on the most important jobs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

She referenced a 2002 email between her and Maxwell released in the Epstein files, calling it nothing more than "casual correspondence" and a "polite reply".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

It is impossible to imagine what the author would have made of the decades that followed; he belonged, inescapably, to the polite world he had spent his life describing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I mean, I don’t think that’s a very polite question under normal circumstances, but I heard a guy telling someone else something about “before old Miss Taylor died,” and he gave me a funny look.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones