He glanced at her with a polite acknowledgment, apologized and continued on.

There was polite acknowledgment of his arrival from the crew members at their various stations as he moved to the command chair.

Too exhausted to be annoyed by her presence, he struggled for some polite acknowledgment of the woman.

Making a polite acknowledgment, he ended the call.

All three gave the same inclined nod of polite acknowledgment.

Raymond nodded in polite acknowledgment of having the floor, and reached into his robe with both hands.

She simply sat back in her chair and waited for Mason to say something that warranted another polite acknowledgment.

I broke off short in the midst of my polite acknowledgments to stare blankly at her.

Ryoval spread his hands in polite acknowledgment of the philosophical point.

This was probably a gesture of polite acknowledgment, though to my eyes it looked most fearsome.