Sentence examples for politely demanding from inspiring English sources

In an area under Maoist control inevitably some of those people - carrying guns and politely demanding cooperation - were Maoists.

Two teens appeared on the show, to politely demand, between bouts of arm flailing and verbal hiccups, what one called a "straight answer".

But by the end of the episode the Banbury intricate craft circle has voted to rename itself the "Banbury intricate craft circle politely demands women's suffrage".

He politely demands we should not use said word in the headline of our story or in the thrust of its argument.

Politely demand a reasonable discount.

The outcome of the vote will likely be a one-day story -- until years from now, when the inevitable Olympic scandal occurs and aldermen do their part by feigning after-the-fact outrage and demanding -- politely, mind you -- investigations.

Bush joins a number of musicians who have either politely requested or demanded that fans refrain from viewing their performance through a tiny screen.

Soldiers in full-body armor, often without translators, show up at houses in the middle of the night and politely but firmly demand to search for weapons.

Diners would be startled by a team of gunmen, who would politely but firmly demand their telephones, promising that they would be returned at the end of the evening.

A woman on her own in a mall is stopped by security guards, who demand, politely but firmly, to know the whereabouts of her husband; she explains that he is away on a business trip.

I demanded (politely) that the doctor be honest.