His features returned to the cool mask of a polite, distant stranger.

They were like two polite strangers and she thought with longing of their easy comradeship.

Why not accept the industrious aid of the small polite strangers?

To Dusty, she was like - almost - a polite stranger.

As summer neared, Robin and I had become polite strangers.

They spoke to one another like polite strangers.

She and her husband moved about their town mansion like polite strangers.

"Hey, congratulations on all your success," Nick said, a polite but friendly stranger.

"It's so good to see you again, Nick," she said, as if they were nothing more than polite strangers.

They settled, like two polite strangers, in Bev's bright, spacious parlor.