Sentence examples for polite agreement from inspiring English sources

Mr. Yang nodded in polite agreement.

But nor was he interested in predictable or polite agreement.

A few constituents took the opportunity to complain about property taxes, but most returned the smile and nodded in polite agreement.

Bizarrely, this year the critics are in polite agreement about just about everything; that perennial headline "Cannes row sets the Croisette aflame" is one that, for once, you won't be reading.

In contrast, they claim that voluntary laughter may not necessarily be associated with a particular emotional experience, and could rather perform a variety of social functions like signaling affiliation or polite agreement in conversation (Smoski and Bachorowski 2003; Gervais and Wilson 2005).

(108 votes) conscious uncoupling: a divorce or romantic separation by polite mutual agreement.

Instead of 'surprise inspections' without pre-warning, which should have been the minimum demand of the P5+1, an absurd (for lack of a more polite word) agreement was reached called "managed access".

Humans express laughter differently depending on the context: polite titters of agreement are very different from explosions of mirth.

Making politics polite again.

Everyone was busy -- getting dinner ready, watching the kids -- but there were far more vehement agreements than polite brush-offs.

Each person agrees to be honest about their feelings and help guide each other in being polite and accepting whether there is complete agreement.