Use "polite" in a sentence
polite example sentences
polite
1. Kevin was polite enough not to mention the fact that she was a woman and shouldn’t be wearing tattoos in the first place
2. He wasn't such a sucker for it, but seemed to think he was just being polite to stop by once a day for a quick one
3. For ten coppers he'd do the job, he'd be polite and respectful and a lot less suspicious
4. He only got his fourth eye up at first and it waved a series of polite negations before getting the middle eye up, the one that was like a thonga in that it was bigger than the others
5. I stand there like a lunatic for slightly longer than is polite … just staring at her and trying to take this in, then, come to my senses suddenly
6. "So we'll be polite, but we need this moved, we're a week late already
7. Tahlmute and doostEr pretended to fall for it just to be polite until some of the local's started teasing them
8. Such a polite young man
9. I storm past the girl on reception, ignoring her polite greeting and do my best to slam the door as I leave the building … I’m thwarted by the fact the blasted thing has an automatic door closer, a fact which merely inflames my temper even more
10. I've answered your fucking questions and I've been polite to you, so now you just fuck off before I have Rafa throw you out
11. She knew the polite thing to do would be to go into the kitchen and thank Sarah and Saya for their hospitality, but she was afraid they would offer her something they clearly could not afford to
12. He seemed to be a polite, nice guy; the three of us discussed various subjects and he proved to be an interesting person; he has sympathy with metaphysics too: he used to carry out astral projections but for some strange reason he can't anymore; yet, he can still see people's auras, he said
13. ’ he finished … ‘Kate, it’s not polite to laugh at me like that!’
14. I was unusually polite, and immediately thought that he would smell the rot of betrayal, but he did not
15. He found little of it rated more of a reply than a polite stop-your-whining form letter
16. "Thank you for being with us," Victoria said and gave her a polite hug
17. ’ The polite guard said, returning the paper to her
18. Luray was polite enough and seemed friendly enough but then how far out of her way would she go to save him? Maybe they would tell anyone they saw heading this way to keep an eye out for him and point the way home for him, but he didn't see any reason why they should want to mount a big rescue operation
19. Now she wasn't being so polite about it
20. "I better go in," he said, "I doubt it's polite to meet the founders with an erection
21. I was alone, all except for one sun-worshipper and a polite little sign on a wall at the beach that told me, The Nudism Is Forbidding
22. The years of conditioning and polite remarks made to him by family friends and retainers were so ingrained that he was convinced that he was the only sane person walking the city streets that night
23. To my surprise, Wiesse comes with Berndt and I, gracefully turning down Berndt’s polite offer that Wiesse should take the reins – they chat idly while I try to work out if this is mere good manners – the younger man deferring to the older – or because Wiesse is a skilled wagon driver, or whatever they are called
24. His mind must have been full of questions that he was far too polite to ask
25. The family shut themselves away behind the barrier of polite poverty, pulling up the rope ladder of social interaction
26. to consider is, would you be interested in this person if the flirting wasn’t so bad? If so, try to be polite and take over
27. She was still polite and said nothing to officially end their relationship, but he was pretty sure it was over
28. I thanked her and did as she suggested, willing to make a fool of myself just to be polite
29. The crowd gave a polite cheer as two chairs were hoisted onto the table and Aristethes and his son were seen to scramble up and begin to play and sing
30. The people waited in silence, polite and sincere, and after each vocal contribution, aided by the whisky, each voice trailed away to be taken up anew by his neighbour and transferred on and on around the table
31. Following a polite if sparse cremation service held in the clean but anonymous halls of blonde wood and magnolia paint at the local crematorium, and with the memory of the pastor’s mistaken belief that his wife’s name was Aileen twitching behind his eyes, Ken carried out Eileen’s last wish, which was to have her ashes scattered on the garlic beds
32. Faith in God is all the license we need here in heaven, the cops are having as good a time as we are and they're always polite
33. They didn’t tie her this time, the sergeant just held her arm, firmly but not painfully, and pushed or pulled her where they wanted her to go, trying to sound polite the whole time
34. The family shut themselves away behind the barrier of polite
35. As he inspected her, the grader did not grab her painfully, and he was smiling and polite
36. After some polite applause, and to his absolute horror, old Ted
37. Pavel and Boris were polite however, and took the chairs beside Daedelus
38. Terrified several members of the committee, though I don’t know why, she was perfectly polite and only asked for their reasons
39. I try to visualise a meeting between the two of them … Dave would have been polite and appropriately deferential, I think, I can almost see him asking Dad if he has permission to marry me … oh Sarah, you are a complete idiot at times!
40. “Not really, she’s been polite but has not conversed
41. always couched in polite terms, but it was clear that they were
42. Goodness only knows what she used to do for a living before she came here – it certainly didn’t include being pleasant or even polite
43. " The art of polite conversation
44. She didn’t really remember what she’d said to Kulai yesterday, it probably wasn’t polite, but probably a lot more polite than her thoughts
45. It's not a polite end to the evening
46. In this society the most polite thing she could do was ignore that offer entirely and ask, “If one of the crew came up and said, ‘oh I forgot to hand this in last week’ would you remember?”
47. “I could be polite in her presence,” Yorthops said
48. And then there are the ones who have headphones and music playing just below the level of hearing … but it’s not done in polite society to strangle people who annoy you on the train, though I confess that there are times when I could kill those particular people
49. “They thought I was the only one who might remain polite, they were angry at your accusations
50. “He’s not a great stud, polite and considerate with great hands but no huge wow