Sentence examples for spoken politely from inspiring English sources

They asked witnesses to acknowledge that Mr. Kennedy, who is charged with harassment and child endangerment, had spoken politely and calmly until nurses tried to block him from an elevator and a stairwell.

But why is there such a negative reaction to being asked to speak politely and be politically correct?

Political correctness, i.e. speaking politely, is not perceived as a solution to anything.

Just as no one ever spoke politely to him, he never used the polite form of address, either.

A few spoke politely but briefly.

She spoke politely in slow and sometimes halting English.

He knew the right times to speak politely to elders.

"Please give my regards to Harouni Sahib," he said to Ghulam Rasool, speaking politely and almost formally.

You acted as if it had been decreed that you couldn't speak politely to your wife.

"You spoke politely with others, but your words turned sullen toward your wife," Ms. Shin intones from atop her very high horse.

Newey lingered a while longer, speaking politely to the remaining British TV cameras, and raised his fist and thumb in the air.