politeness
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“Freed from narrative, sound and movement, his photographs indulge our desire to look longer and more intently than politeness would normally permit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
She didn't usually drink coffee but when the interviewer, a senior civil servant called Christian Nègre, offered her one, she agreed out of politeness.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
There is a kind of professional politeness that demands we discuss each case in isolation so no one has to say aloud what the cumulative pattern reveals.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
But no one had to tell you this previously, or give you instructions; the country’s default civic voice was one of studied politeness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
The careful politeness he had always had was gone.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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