But she hardly paid attention beyond what was needed to make polite responses.

Throwing my head back and laughing in the man's face was not, on reflection, the correct or polite response.

The only polite response is to take one, light up, draw and only then to start the conversation.

Martin stares at him, having murmured the necessary polite responses to the introduction.

Vor made polite responses, trying to guess how he could help the robot.

She was saved from having to invent some polite response by the navigation officer.

Mac followed me down the hall, making polite responses as I filled him in on my current circumstances.

Then she mustered what she thought would be a polite response.

David showed up in time to rescue her from having to make a polite response.

"What drawbacks could stand in the way of polite response?"