Sentence examples for a polite greeting from inspiring English sources

Stories abound of them walking into meetings with senior ministers, discarding the niceties of a polite greeting, and shouting straightaway, "So, what have you achieved, then?" Young bureaucrats from Brussels lead meetings with ministers ostentatiously giving scant attention to the oral reports offered to them, as they turn sideways and play with their BlackBerrys.

We made eye contact and nodded a polite greeting.

Even if you've never studied it, take some time in advance to learn a polite greeting and "thank you".

A polite greeting followed by a short conversation will make the transaction pass faster for the both of you.

If you do choose to take the elevator, extend a polite greeting, maybe give her a quick smile, and then act calm and relaxed.

Teachers are simply encouraged to politely remind them to use a more polite greeting, which could be a "Guten Tag," for anyone who does not feel comfortable with the traditional Bavarian greeting.

A genuine, polite greeting beats a cheesy pick-up line any day.

I still remember him playing at Stanford Golf Course singly and passing our novice foursome with a very polite greeting to us.

The polite greeting, "How are you?" is almost invariably answered with "Busy!" Sometimes it is said with a smile, sometimes with a bit of faux self-deprication or a head-shake, but it is always a humblebrag assertion of the speaker's importance -- and the relative unimportance of the person they are talking to.

Even if you do speak to them, it's most likely going to be a set of polite greetings.

Armstead had big hugs for the Giants' Michael Strahan and Micheal Barrow, polite greetings for Tiki Barber and Kerry Collins, a big hug for Omar Stoutmire.