How to Use common courtesy in a Sentence
common courtesy
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Youth should use common sense and have common courtesy, Williams said.
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Chilekasi Adele,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Ne-Yo is a man of the people, but not at the expense of common courtesy and respect.
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Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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There were a few behaviors emphasized in the campaign, like exercising common courtesy and thanking your flight attendants, but there was one item that stood out as controversial.
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Essence,
9 Dec. 2025
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While passengers, for the most part, do their best to extend common courtesy to airline staff, there’s one boarding habit that, unbeknownst to passengers, grinds the gears of flight attendants who are preparing for departure.
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Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
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As to what there is to see along the way, Miss Manners hopes that whoever follows will have the common courtesy, if not the common sense, to follow at a modest distance and with eyes elsewhere — no ifs, ands, buts or butts.
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Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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As for the police department — which has noted an increase in crashes, despite not having hard numbers — a public education campaign was launched to remind people of the rules of the road, as well as common courtesy — which maybe isn’t all that common.
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Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Nov. 2025
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Drawing from the Transportation Department's civility campaign, which was launched last week, Duffy encouraged people to have common courtesy, civility and patience when traveling.
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Kathryn Prociv,
NBC news,
24 Nov. 2025
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