Sentence examples for in polite terms from inspiring English sources

His numerous activities in high school led to an award suggesting that he was, in polite terms, a politically astute suck-up.

In polite terms, this theory was utterly fanciful.

"It will give you what is known in polite terms as gastrointestinal distress".

In polite terms, he repeats it at the meeting: the precinct must increase the pressure, particularly on 129th Street.

"It will give you what is known in polite terms as gastrointestinal distress". Her advice: Leave it to the glacier worms that actually do survive on the algae.

Fast becoming a master at delivering a strong message in polite terms, Southgate managed to provide comfort for Alli and also challenge him at the same time.

As the German political elite continues to dismiss AfD's legitimacy — not always in the polite terms of typical German debate: Gunther Oettinger, a high-level European Union commissioner and former president of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, said he would shoot himself immediately if Petry was his wife — the party is growing.

A yellowing letter with frayed edges from one of his brokers at Lee, Higginson that year advises him, in unfailingly polite terms, that a couple of his bank creditors "insist that they are not as completely informed about the company as they should be".

While the European dissatisfaction with that was stated in relatively polite terms today by Mr. Persson and Mr. Prodi, it is seriously felt, and administration officials acknowledged that it was a more divisive disagreement than the one over the missile treaty.

Or in less polite terms – the middle of nowhere.

Or, in more polite terms, the kind that your parents might have advised, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.