In a sentence
Six example sentences with courtesy, each labelled with its topic.
Letting the family with a toddler board ahead of you is a small courtesy that costs nothing on a long flight.
Travel
Answering a rejected candidate within a week is a courtesy most firms skip, and the ones that do it get remembered.
Business
Helping a fallen opponent up is the sort of courtesy that survives even a bad-tempered playoff series.
Basketball
Notifying the opposition leader before the announcement was a courtesy, not a legal requirement, and the gesture was noticed.
Politics
Waiting for a lagging teammate to reconnect before the boss fight is a courtesy the best guilds insist on.
Gaming
The kitchen sent out a small dish as a courtesy while the table waited forty minutes for the roast.
Cooking
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