Example Sentences

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Of course Amory Pratt had made the proposal with almost effusive considerateness.

From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

In the mean time, sir, we must throw ourselves on the patience and considerateness of the city council and the community.

From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore

Tell them the great duty of kindness, helpfulness, and considerateness, one for another.

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles

For one so often finds that acts specially showing delicacy and considerateness, little supererogatory works of kindness, are taken unkindly.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Their hospitality left nothing to be desired, and the considerateness of those who had the difficult task to perform was admirable.

From Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet by Kestell, J. D. (John Daniel)