Sentence examples for the common courtesy from inspiring English sources

They didn't have the common courtesy to answer one question that the victim posed".

"It appears once again you are refusing the body of the common courtesy of a meaningful reply," he wrote last month.

Hopefully your roommate or the young lady spending the night has the common courtesy to put a pillow over the other's mouth.

If anything, the common courtesy back would be just like, 'thank you.' Not, 'hey you're suspended,'" said local resident David Nicholson to the outlet.

This only confirms you actually believe little people are subhuman and do not deserve the common courtesy and respect you would give a stranger.

It's so insulting to think that after getting to know someone, a man doesn't owe a woman the common courtesy of a simple let-down conversation.

He refuses to speak - the common courtesies of "hello" and "thank you" would have been a start - and will not face the crowd, electing instead to stand sideways, thus giving every impression of playing solely for his band rather than the audience.

From that point you are seen as a troublemaker or an abusive client and you will not receive the benefit of the doubt or more than the required common courtesy.

The dominant theme of the discussion, in which jobs and taxes came up only in passing, seemed to be the larger breakdown of civil society — the disappearance of common courtesy, the relentless stream of data from digital devices, the proliferation of lawsuits and the insidious influence of media on their children.

"Text to Driver: That's My Space" (Sunday Review, March 25) doesn't raise the single most troubling aspect of texting in one's parked car while others wait for the spot: common courtesy.

Mr. Homeijer said that for the most part, the issue involved common courtesy: "Eighty percent of the time, cellphones don't bother people.