Sentence examples for politely held from inspiring English sources
While she spoke, he politely held her sign for her.
He politely held out hope, even if, pragmatically, he feared the worst.
While Kennedy politely held his microphone, the young man lambasted U.S. policies, starting with Okinawa.
The lady of the house, barefoot in a floral-print dress, opened the door and politely held out a hand for me to shake.
Visitors come to marvel at the spectacle of peppy, dedicated workers: a utopia of communal cheer and solicitude; trilled "Good morning"s and "Hi, pumpkin!"s; free vats of popcorn, nuts, and trail mix; and politely held doors.
Unemployment, for its part, politely held back, staying below 5%.
Next time you meet an important client with rampant halitosis, don't just politely hold your breath - stick a peg on your nose then present them with a bottle of mouthwash.
Mr. Kennedy's splendid anonymity is such that he says two boldface neighbors who live in his apartment building in the Village, Monica S. Lewinsky and Bebe Neuwirth, haven't had the slightest clue to his identity when he politely holds the door for them.
We may politely hold our tongues, most of the time, but the mocking thought is still there, and we should all be grateful for that fact.
His sense of when each pot is ready is uncanny: when the room is busy, he may pause midway through describing Green Sanctuary White ("really savory, almost like an aperitif"), as if hearing an alarm, and ask you politely to hold, please, as he pivots gracefully to decant another customer's tea.
