Sentence examples for courteous enough from inspiring English sources

Unfortunately, plenty of other MPs were not even courteous enough to acknowledge receipt.

Two trainers were interested, but they were courteous enough to ask if I wanted to see the horse claimed or not.

The room-monitor handset is courteous enough to shut off its ringer, too, on the assumption that it's in a sleeping baby's room.

Hopes were also raised when new online video star Max Mosley, the formula one supremo, was said to be preparing for his Euro 2008 trip by practising his German with some fräuleins (which would have made him the only Brit courteous enough to address foreigners in their own language).

At terminal velocity in a sprint finish he was simply left with too much to do to overhaul Sagan, who said afterwards that he was fortunate that Nizzolo was courteous enough not to shut the door on him by moving right.

Navteq Maps was courteous enough to throw maps of 37 countries on there for you, too…countries from Europe of course.

The Bush that Bush wants to present is a decent man, personally courteous, honest enough to admit his flaws – including his boorishness back when he was a heavy drinker, once asking an elegant female friend of his parents, "So what's sex like after 50?" – and who did what he thought was right.

Nice is Not Enough - being courteous and professional in the workplace is expected, but if one is too agreeable, passive and overly compassionate, it may hinder your chances of getting promoted or working on prime assignments.

Creepily compelling and yes-sir-no-sir courteous, Durst is reason enough to watch, but Jarecki uses every trick in the dramatist's book to keep us glued: the pre-credits "cold open", the ad-break tease, languorous tracking shots, copious slo-mo – even the credits sequence is close to True Detective, with cinematic vignettes dissolving over a suitably gothic Eels tune.

A CRITIC AT LARGE about Lionel Trilling at Columbia University... Writer describes a ten minute interview with him half a century ago... His ridicule, courteous and restrained, was direct enough.

The New Yorker, October 2, 2000 P. 116 A CRITIC AT LARGE about Lionel Trilling at Columbia University... Writer describes a ten minute interview with him half a century ago... His ridicule, courteous and restrained, was direct enough.