'polite' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'polite' with 19 example sentences.
- polite adjective
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: 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.