Sentence examples for often polite from inspiring English sources

Everyone from the marshals to the judges is often polite to a fault.

He mostly stands with his arms folded, observing, and when he is moved to action, it is often polite applause — for a job well done or as a pick-me-up.

Despite her folksy approach, the response of those who meet her for the first time is often polite formality, not the warmer, more familiar type of exchange that voters tend to have with Mr. Brown.

We know that the blurbs are very often polite exaggerations and we know that the jacket copy is pablum; we even keep quiet when it's obvious that your author photo has been retouched.

In contrast to this personal view of an ideal board, many boards are often polite and agreeable, in many cases to a fault.

Using emails unearthed by WikiLeaks, it succeeds only in showing that their dealings are often polite.

Everyone foraged, often a polite term for extortion at gunpoint.

I think Sylvia survives in part because her audiences are often too polite to say anything.

Although the newspapers had already labeled the attacks 26/11 (Nov. 26), you didn't hear the phrase very often in polite conversation.

Some of the jokes could be sharper and even as the script skewers the horrifying patrons, it is often strangely polite.

India is known its head wobble or headshake, a gesture that ambiguously says neither yes nor no, but is often a polite way of avoiding overt refusal.