Sentence examples for politely pass from inspiring English sources

How will they turn out if they've never dealt in their childhood with a whole fruit, or they've been to a house (God forbid) without Cheez-Its, or been asked to politely pass around a plate of cheese?

They politely passed.

Cashman, the Yankees' general manager, politely passed.

Distributors either failed to turn up to screenings, or politely passed.

Although intrigued, Mr. Steel politely passed, heading instead to Memphis, to eat barbecue.

Lemonade and chocolate cookies were swiftly produced, and Mother Teresa took the drink but politely passed up the sweet.

I politely passed and went on my way, finding my own inventive ways to lose money on a colossal scale during these last 15 months.

Some of the people writing these letters did not even get replies or, failing that, were fobbed off with the standard corporate-speak of people too busy with other matters, politely passing the buck and explaining in the briefest terms that it was one for another department, but thank you very much for writing in anyway.