polite
Example Sentences
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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
“My polite reply to her email doesn’t amount to anything more than a trivial note,” she said.
From Salon • 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
Grok, powered by Musk’s xAI, is positioned as the raw alternative to its more polite competitors.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
When I e-mailed Gutfreund to invite him to lunch, he could not have been more polite, or more gracious.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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