In a sentence
Six example sentences with complaisant, each labelled with its topic.
The complaisant landlady found us a spare umbrella, a bus timetable and a dentist, all before breakfast.
Travel
Our complaisant supplier reprints labels overnight whenever we change a claim, and never once mentions the extra cost.
Business
The complaisant baker will swap any filling you ask for and still hand the box over with a smile.
Cooking
The complaisant butler in the novel produces whatever the guests ask for, from a chess set to a midnight omelette.
Literature
The complaisant hotel concierge in the film fixes tickets, taxis and a lost passport without once losing his smile.
Movies
The complaisant aide fetched coffee, rearranged schedules and never once told the senator a request was impossible.
Politics
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