Words similar to politeness
Example sentences for: politeness
How can you use “politeness” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
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.
A people so justifiably famous for hospitality, politeness, and respect also produced an army whose brutality during its occupation of Southeast Asia during the war remains a stumbling block to “normal” international relations.
But perhaps because arguing offends his sense of politeness, he kept trying to change the subject when they did start scrapping.
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).
Does such crowding account for Japan’s legendary tradition of politeness, self-discipline, and resigned acceptance?
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