Example Sentences

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Ms. Weiss has so far upheld what I will courteously assume was the implicit bargain that landed her the CBS job.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

A clerk courteously answered and then, noticing the man’s attire, asked, “Did you want times for ‘Barbie,’ too?”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Arriving two floors up, at the Rotunda, amid paintings of American generals courteously accepting their enemies’ surrender, he joined a melee that was savage, without rules or limits.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022

She added that he behaved courteously and left after his failed attempt.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2021

But to have him sitting beside him, looking his followers over in silence and courteously waiting for someone else to speak first—this was a situation beyond Hazel’s experience.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams