A man selling rainbow-colored wire ribbons eyes them with polite curiosity, then looks away.

The aliens looked surprised but not displeased at the noise, regarding their visitors with polite curiosity.

He asked where Number three-and-a-half was and got a look of polite curiosity.

Glancing around the rest of the table, Conlon saw either polite curiosity or genuine happiness.

To Baresmanas, the matter had been simply one of polite curiosity.

"He's fine," Jarod answered, then realized she'd asked out of more than polite curiosity.

He regarded the brothers for a moment with polite curiosity.

The girl was holding out a small, delicate-looking hand, eyeing her with polite curiosity.

People I meet from the mainland seem to have a polite curiosity about them.

The manager and the waitress who'd rescued her stood by, watching with polite curiosity.