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'polite' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'polite' with 19 example sentences.


polite adjective

: marked by refinement in taste and manners

: showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.

: not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others


  • It's not polite to speak with your mouth full.
  • It's a polite way of saying no.
  • I was just being polite.
  • Japanese people in general are polite.
  • All the children in this class are very polite.
  • He made a polite bow to his teacher.
  • That nurse is very kind and polite.
  • It's more polite to say thin than skinny.
  • Try to be as polite as you can when asking directions.
  • Be polite to your parents.
  • She wasn't polite to him.
  • He's always very polite.
  • She was polite but firm.
  • It is polite to open doors for people.
  • Another, less polite, word for perspiration is sweat.
  • I suggest we drink as little as possible to be polite.
  • His knowledge of Russian can, to be polite, still be improved.
  • Be polite to our clients, then they will pay you.
  • It was just polite applause.
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