polite
Example Sentences
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And faced with Healey's polite criticism in the chamber, Jarvis admitted that "we need to do more" beyond today's announcement.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
A letter seems like a relatively polite way of asking for money.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
It was hard squaring the hulking mass of midshipmen who would nearly trample me at Herndon with these two polite teenagers prone to nervous laughter.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
But this is all fictional, or notional if you want to be polite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
It smelled suspiciously of cow barn, too, although the children were too polite to mention it.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing polite
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