Example sentences for: politeness

How can you use “politeness” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Heston's prolific on-screen career is marked by an assiduous research of his roles, a consistent and committed work ethic, politeness to co-workers, respect to directors, and a humble self-effacement--all of which have resulted in a prolific string of performances and superstar popularity.

  • But perhaps because arguing offends his sense of politeness, he kept trying to change the subject when they did start scrapping.

  • In a land where politeness is important, per favore (please), grazie (thank you), prego (don’t mention it), and, when pushing through a bus or market, permesso (excuse me) will be greatly appreciated.

  • Miss Manners, when it comes right down to it, acknowledges that most citizens aren't at sea about standards of politeness at all, heterogeneous though our nation's standards may be.

  • I can make a clinical observation regarding the diminution of politeness in the language, attributable, perhaps, to the lowering of the standards of civility and yielding, typically, constructions like Me and her went to the park (as contrasted with Her and me went to the park, I suppose).


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