Hence the polite, devious messages through the diplomatic channels.

No doubt the morning would bring a polite message of regret, and that would be that.

"Thank you, sir, for bearing the message," Laurence said, polite but flat.

He's not going to send us a polite message asking to be friends-he's going to hit with all he's got.

With deep appreciation and considerable regret, he sent a polite message of refusal.

During a 1939 flu scare, a baby wears a polite message to keep sick people away.

Rarely would they be in on Saturday morning and he'd leave a polite message telling them he was sorry to have missed them.

"Please avoid Landslides," said a polite message stuck on a rock in a castle passageway.

Sarre could have telephoned, not sent that cold, polite message.

He spent nearly an hour composing a suitably polite message to the Duke, requesting an interview.