Examples of courtesy in a Sentence

Noun Civilized life cannot be sustained without hypocrisy. A certain moral code, a degree of courtesy and decorum, are necessary to keep our instincts under a modicum of control. — Ian Buruma, New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2006 Cara, who, courtesy of the cat, had a run in her leggings, picked up the phone in a panic … — Helen Schulman, Wigwag, November 1990 "Coffee, sir?" asked a sailor. I nodded, still chilled. The courtesy, the ordinariness of these men was in the context somehow curious. — Fred Reed, Harper's, September 1988 I tried to persuade him that all that Hamish Hamilton had attempted to do was to extend the kind of courtesies which cultural institutions thought to be his due. — Isaiah Berlin, New York Times Book Review, 12 Apr. 1987 They treated us with courtesy and kindness. She did it as a courtesy, not because she had to. Everyone knows each other here, so we won't bother with the usual courtesies. They shook hands and exchanged courtesies before beginning their discussion. Adjective As the heir to an earldom, Stephen was obliged to pay a courtesy call on the British ambassador … — Ken Follett, The Man from St. Petersburg, 1982 Important visitors to the conference were provided with courtesy cars. See More

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Please do not exacerbate the situation by vilifying people for delivering an automatic courtesy with no intention of ill will. — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022 According to the leak, courtesy of Android developer and leaker Kuba Wojciechowski, both the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will use Samsung’s 11-megapixel Isocell 3J1 sensor in their front-facing ‘selfie’ cameras. — Paul Monckton, Forbes, 31 July 2022 For Rosalía, this mandate manifested as a slicked and braided updo—finished in a playful spray of fiery red—as elsewhere, Troye Sivan and his mussed curls enjoyed a meta moment courtesy of his new YSL Beauty campaign. — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 31 July 2022 Donors will be served a free breakfast, courtesy of the Knights of Columbus, and will be entered into a drawing. — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2022 Kvyat’s team would appreciate a schedule expansion courtesy of additional sponsorship money. — Michael Marot, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022 Kvyat's team would appreciate a schedule expansion courtesy of additional sponsorship money. — Michael Marot, ajc, 30 July 2022 Dabbles of trombones, the signature guitar-funk sound of co-writer Nile Rodgers and percussion courtesy of Sheila E. equate to a pulsing head-nodder. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022 Phone scammers rely on our innate sense of courtesy and also the element of surprise. — Annaliese Griffin, Fortune, 29 July 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective After a female flagged a patrol officer down at 4:25 p.m. on May 18 between Cedar Road and Fairmount Boulevard, she was given a courtesy ride to Beachwood Place. — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 28 May 2022 The woman, who also was drunk, was given a courtesy ride to the police station to call for a ride home. — John Benson, cleveland, 13 July 2022 On Sunday afternoon, though, the myriad accidents were courtesy of the Los Angeles Angels, part of a second consecutive four-run inning for Baltimore. — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2022 Planning is essential when most fireworks are shipped from China, and almost all of the fireworks display industry’s business is courtesy of just one day of the year. — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 30 June 2022 Officers noted that the ex, a Lyndhurst woman, 43, was obviously intoxicated and defiant about leaving, but eventually agreed to a courtesy ride home. — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 2 July 2022 Eva Marcille's beauty look came courtesy makeup artist Terrell Mullin, who created one of the most all-out glamorous eye lash moments of the night. — Allure Staff, Allure, 26 June 2022 The Water tier, with 327 memberships for sale, keeps those offerings and adds to them courtesy car access, an invitation to all quarterly membership events and a monthly curated omakase members dinner, among other perks. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 June 2022 This unusually cool weather is courtesy of an upper level system pushing across New England. — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022 See More

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