How to use polite in a sentence

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• It is polite to help your guests to food before serving yourself.From the entry help
• His polite demeanor instantly gave him away as being a Virginian and not a Marylander.From the entry Virginian
• It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.From the entry greeting
• The casserole was half-baked, but I choked it down anyway to be polite.From the entry half-baked
• Polite dinner calls for persiflage rather than in-depth possibly offensive discussion.From the entry persiflage
• He wrote a polite retraction, as an apology of sorts for his harsh words.From the entry of sorts
• He made a polite bow as he entered the room.From the entry bow
• His verbal abuse was not relatable to polite ears.From the entry relatable
• All the staff I interacted with were superb - helpful, polite, jolly and smart.2025 November 12, 'Mystery Shopper', “Is Devon the cream of the crop?”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 48. From the entry exemplary
• Some of the VP’s countrymen are less polite about his trip.2025 July 26, Esther Addley, “‘We’re struggling’: unease as crowded Cotswolds braces for JD Vance’s summer holiday”, in Katharine Viner…. From the entry Laurelyn
• There's no need to trauma-dump in your email—keep it simple and polite.2022 April 5, Holly Wethey, Wendy Zhao, Jackie Lee, “Exam-season survival guide”, in The McGill Tribune, McGill University, page 14. From the entry trauma dump
• That's the polite way of saying digging through garbage looking for food.2014, Matthew Del Papa, Green Eyes Through Capreol, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry spear biscuits
• Caillat’s debut album, “Coco,” it appears as if she’s content to remain polite, an unfussy swooner.2009 September 2, Jon Caramanica, “Singing a (Very) Simple Song”, in New York Times. From the entry swooner
• If it′s a greenie, give him a polite “no thank you” and hang up.2008, Brian D. Krueger, The College Grad Job Hunter, page 207. From the entry greenie
• Bewildered by the unexpected greeting, my son stiffened, but managed a polite answer.2003, Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor. From the entry stiffen
• The people of Yakima (“Yakimites,” as I now call them) were so warm and kind and polite.2003 October 28, Ellen DeGeneres, The Funny Thing Is..., Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 110. From the entry Yakimite
• “I’d like a little Jesus, on the side, please!” Let us be polite but persuasive.2003 December 19, Ed Brady, “He’s celebrating ‘CHRIST-mas,’ not ‘SANTA-mas’”, in The Boscobel Dial, volume 131, number 52, Boscobel, Wis.…. From the entry Santa-mas
• First, it will be demonstrated that marital violence continued to be a talking point within polite society.2002, Elizabeth Foyster, "Creating a Veil of Silence? Politeness and Marital Violence in the English Household," Transactions of the Royal…. From the entry talking point
• A picture of the good professor with a pope hat on came up, to some polite laughter.2002, Ken Gilland, Quaternary Alluvium. From the entry pope hat
• "Fifteen or 20 years ago, you couldn't even mention the word prostate in polite mixed company."2001 June 24, Leon Jaroff, “The Man's Cancer”, in Time. From the entry mixed company
• Cincinnati are some of the most polite persons I have ever met in the US.5 May 1998, Jose I. Sarasua, “Come to Cincinnati... Please?”, in Cost Engineering, volume 40, number 5, page 9. From the entry please
• Guinea Apollos, in the polite terms of San Francisco's homeless advocates, is a "vehicularly housed resident."1997 September 27, Mark Curtius, “S. F. Seeks Parking for Homeless' 'Homes'”, in Los Angeles Times. From the entry vehicularly housed
• You would probably, being a polite Usenetian, ask this person to leave.1994 April 23, Andrew Lias, alt.atheism (Usenet). From the entry Usenetian
• Demeanors that are apologetic and overly polite are inherently contradictory to demeanors that exhibit fear and anger.1993, “Interrogation: The Kinesics Technique”, in John J. Fay, editor, Encyclopedia of Security Management, →ISBN, page 418. From the entry demeanor
• Well, I can't help noticing that you insult me and then you're polite to me alternately.1970, “The Butcher Who is Alternately Rude and Polite”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Customer (Michael…. From the entry alternately
• "Make way for an earthist," he called out in a polite but ringing tone.1967, Maggi Lidchi, Maggi Lidchi-Grassi, Earthman, page 10. From the entry earthist
• Greenberg answered with the same sort of polite amphigory the cosmic linguist had selected.1954, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 6, in The Star Beast, New York: Ballantine, page 100. From the entry amphigory
• REMEMBERING my Scout oath, I try to be reasonably polite to all callers, even the crack-pottiest.1946 April 13, Sydney J. Harris, Akron Beacon Journal, 107th year, number 128, page 6. From the entry crack-potty
• Rockwell Kent, the noted Eskimophile, claims they are a polite and happy race.1935 July 2, W. E. Farbstein, “Marginal Notes”, in Washington Herald, volume XIII, number 219, Washington, D.C.: American Newspapers…. From the entry cheerful
• “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully.1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart. From the entry wolverine
• The deities were all polite names for the organs and powers of procreation.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 10. From the entry phallic
• There's some regular he-men that are just as polite as women, prett' near.1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXIX, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, section…. From the entry he-man
• When you’re seeing someone, it is only polite to hit pause on these ex-ships, or at least dial them back.2025 February 28, Laura Esther Wolfson, “Rules for Staying Close to Exes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry ship
• Every single one of them whom RAIL engaged with was polite and chatty, and some were even humorous!2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 46. From the entry interaction
• In an effort to unwild himself for reëntry, he had recently reduced it to a dimension better suited to polite society.2022 August 28, “The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry unwild
• He's lying, but it's a polite lie.2017, Cassandra Parkin, The Winter's Child. From the entry butler lie
• I mean in the most basic biological sense, in a way no one wants to speak about in polite company.2017, DeMille, Nelson, author, The Gold Coast, →OCLC. From the entry surrogate activity

Meaning of polite

1. adjective Well-mannered, civilized.
2. adjective Smooth, polished, burnished.
3. verb To polish; to refine; to render polite.

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Questions about polite in a sentence

How do you use polite in a sentence?

Polite is used as an adjective and verb. For example: “It's not polite to use a mobile phone in a restaurant.”

What is a short sentence with polite?

“He's lying, but it's a polite lie.”

What does polite mean?

Polite means well-mannered, civilized.