1. "He never was much for senatorial courtesy anyway, " noted an aide. 2. Senatorial courtesy is crucial to the efficient operation of the Senate.3. Such pleas are usually honored as a matter of senatorial courtesy . 4. His loss was attributed to his use of senatorial courtesy to block Judge Murphy. 5. He should not be waved through because of senatorial courtesy . 6. It is a means through which the practice of senatorial courtesy is carried out. 7. He could rely on senatorial courtesy to ease a confirmation that might elude another conservative. 8. The unwritten rules of senatorial courtesy give senators make-or-break power over presidential nominees from their home states. 9. That removed one obstacle, anyway _ senatorial courtesy , which allows a home-state senator to block a nomination. 10. White was a sitting Senator, and Senatorial courtesy dictated that the Senate not reject one of its own.