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How to use the word polite in a Sentence?

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Respect is not just about being polite, it's about having empathy and understanding for others.

Branden Condy

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11 months ago

You could tell I was not averse to rubbing his nose in this thing. He was polite to me, to this day, Joel does not remember that phone call, and I guess I don’t blame him.

Martin Cooper

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I guess the most polite thing.

Shannon Bow O’Brien

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are done being polite, if the laws being suggested will pass, Israel will no longer be a democracy.

Shikma Bressler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As far as the other stuff, the traffic stop, calling for backup, being polite to Patrick Lyoya, trying to persuade Patrick Lyoya to cooperate, chasing Patrick Lyoya, tackling Patrick Lyoya, none of those things will be perceived as violation of Grand Rapids policy.

Lewis Langham

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Crown's lawyers have simply sent polite holding letters but nothing substantive.

Mohamed Shaban

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So far, my instructions are to go easy and to simply start a dialogue for the purpose of reaching an amicable settlement with the Crown, the Crown's lawyers have simply sent polite holding letters but nothing substantive.

Mohamed Shaban

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The people couldn't have been nicer, more polite, more respectful. I actually went with Putin. He took us to a very famous museum in St. Petersburg.

Mickey Rourke

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I had the time of my life, the people couldn't have been nicer, more polite, more respectful. I actually went with Putin. He took us to a very famous museum in St. Petersburg.

Mickey Rourke

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Jason Cid did this in the hopes of showing how overly aggressive police officers are when they respond to these calls. As you can see from the video, my officers responded and were polite and professional as they investigated the fictitious situation that was created by Jason Cid and his accomplices. Jason Cid hoped to show you out of control cops harassing three young men. But what they got were courteous, polite and professional law enforcement officers who investigated the suspicious activity that they themselves created.

Clyde Parry

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You know, people around the edges would always say things, right? They would try to be polite. But nobody really had to say that much. You just know, on your own, that when your shirt collar has gotten one inch bigger — well, you know.

Mike Pompeo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He was just a gentle soul, you know, very polite, very well spoken.

Jerry Healy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He was very polite to Daniel, i think Daniel said the hardest thing that he’s realizing is, that guy had just killed however many people and he was so polite, and kind of calm. Then, when he started getting uncomfortable he told him to leave…[Brooks] complied, but it was just crazy. I’m glad everyone’s OK, at least in our house, it’s awful what happened to everybody else.

Katrina Reigh

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

[ Republicans ] are very polite, they do n’t cancel people out, they do n’t boycott, they do n’t get angry and noisy. And I think that has to end.

Said Hanson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's the loving thing, the good thing by not having them in your inner circle, be polite, say hi, but I can definitely think of a handful of people I might not be going out of my way to talk to again because the space that the pandemic created allowed for so much to surface.

Jennifer Scott

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Now too many see the protests as the problem. No, the problem is what forced your fellow citizens to take to the streets: persistent, poisonousinequities and injustice, and please, show me where it says protesters are supposed to be polite and peaceful. Because I can show you that outraged citizens are what made the country what she is and led to any major milestone. To be honest, this is not a tranquil time.

Chris Cuomo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I lived here for 14yearsand I've never seen a problem with law enforcement and residents in the neighborhood, the law enforcement thatwerecalled for any incident in the past were very polite and respectful. We never had anything that escalated to gunfire.

Donovon Brinson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Food security is strategic for our country so that’s why we don’t sell a big French retailer. My answer is extremely clear: We are not in favour of the deal. The no is polite but it’s a clear and final no.

Bruno Le Maire

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

My response is, with due respect and being polite, that President Donald Trump's just incorrect.

Senator Harris

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Communicating behind masks and from a distance is difficult, so my idea and all my products attempt to serve as an unspoken and polite assertion.

Aleah Colón-Alfonso

Found on CNN
3 years ago

She just knows what she's saying, she's not afraid to show it, she says it in a calm manner. And she's polite about things.

Susie Boyde

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The culture I come from, the military culture, when a senior asks you to do something, even if it's polite and pleasant, it's not to be taken as a request, it's to be taken as an order, in this case, the power disparity between the two leaders, my impression is that in order to get the White House meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would have to deliver these investigations.

Jim Himes

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Vision Fund 2 is already dead. Any discussion from Softbank regarding [ Vision Fund 2 ] is propaganda, the Saudi investment fund has already stated they will only invest in [ Vision Fund 2 ] the profits from [ Vision Fund 1 ], which is a polite way of saying we aren't investing.

Scott Galloway

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We will try to convince the EU with numbers and by being polite. But we will cut taxes regardless and they are just going to have to get used to the idea.

Matteo Salvini

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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