Sentence examples for politely going from inspiring English sources

"He was politely going through the motions and was aware that the colleagues he served with were aware of it," said Stebenne, a history professor at Ohio State whose book "Arthur Goldberg: New Deal Liberal" was published in 1996.

Sackville knows the flavor of a marriage politely going sour: Julia's silent agony — "Please not the pheasant fact, don't say it don't or I'll hate you," just before Simon repeats it for the millionth time; Simon's impulse to blame Julia for the morning traffic; Julia's ability to guess correctly which of two eggs on his plate Simon will eat first.

Through my teen years, I would constantly ask family about our culture, and they would politely go around the subject.

By all rights, this is a time of year when the Democratic candidates for president should, to put it politely, go away.

State listened politely to the regulators' concerns and just as politely went about its business.

The whole great mass of people mostly politely went back home at around half past eight.

But the real challenges in our society -- the growing gap between rich and poor, the intransigence of racism and discrimination, the abuses from Iraq to Burma (Myanmar) -- won't politely go away with a few clicks of a mouse.

Or perhaps we met once, didn't have a great date and thought it was OK to politely go our separate ways, only to find that the other person thought a trip to Paris and marriage was on tap for the next date.

Unless she wants to tell some other friends, tell onlookers to politely go away.

If you see her at lunch just going out of the canteen or talking to someone, politely go up to her and ask her if you two could speak to each other alone.

He refused politely and went upstairs to visit with Ms. George.