Too many Parks men had been killed in these clashes to justify the usual niceties of a formal challenge.

Even in the film's more conventional moments, the usual niceties of documentary film making are rarely observed.

Day was becoming night without the usual niceties of the planet turning on its axis.

Doesn't wait to terminate conversation with all the usual niceties.

I made the usual conversational niceties, and then proceeded to explain the situation to him and ask the biggest favor I'd ever asked of anyone.

In both chambers, they cast aside the usual niceties that accompany the annual State of the Union address - hours before the speech even began.

And when he answered, he cut through the usual niceties abruptly.

The counselor met her eyes directly when they exchanged names, unapologetically bypassed the usual social niceties and went straight to business.

But if it had not been for this whole episode, we'd be gliding along with the usual niceties to each other.

After the usual niceties, the first officer led her to a celebrity suite filled with enough flowers for a state funeral.