How To Use Decorous In A Sentence

Auntly devotion must go decorously unvoiced, but it is no less compelling for that. Times, Sunday Times
The flag waving was decorous, the cheering polite and the umpire was never once insulted.
He was wakened by a savage whiskerando of the other watch, who, seizing him by his waistband, dragged him most indecorously out, furiously denouncing him for a skulker. Israel Potter
Venice as a city has seemed irrelevant, a storied artifact of a Romantic past that serves merely as a decorous backdrop for an event geared toward utopian futures.
So excessive was the Roman horror of obscenity that even physicians were compelled to use a euphemism for _urina_, and though the _urinal_ or _vas urinarium_ was openly used at the dining-table (following a custom introduced by the Sybarites, according to Athenæus, Book XII, cap. 17), the decorous guest could not ask for it by name, but only by a snap of the fingers (Dufour, op. cit., vol. ii, p. 174). Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism

We're not just talking about a polite and decorous way to find a New Year's date in a matter of mere weeks.
A venerable and hitherto decorous old deacon of Roxbury not only left the church when the hated bass-viol began its accompanying notes, but he stood for a long time outside the church door stridently "caterwauling" at the top of his lungs. Sabbath in Puritan New England
Consequently, women are expected to be decorous, modest, and discreet.
Some of the sadhus were distinctly scary - like the Aghoris with their bells and boar tusks and magic mantras, who insulted their amused but decorous Nepalese audience.
A gentle smile, decorous as the presence required, passed over the assembly, at a feat which, though by no means wonderful in a hyperborean, seemed prodigious in the estimation of the moderate Greeks. Count Robert of Paris
The stately and complex narrative is composed in the alliterative metre common to most early Germanic poetry, and is enhanced by rich description, decorous speeches, and moral reflection.
Fred Wye bestowed a somewhat indecorous caress on his wife, caught Miss Rondel's eye, and reddened. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
How could one so pure have stooped from her decorous and noble manner of bearing! North and South
Here's the point -- I think the middle-brow decorousness of Times editors gets in the way of cultural truths. Susan Braudy: Elvis's Army Fatigues Survive the Malibu Wildfires
Only after victory does he begin, clearly on the advice of his handlers, to adopt a more decorous manner.
But, when treating of a grave subject, what can be more silly or indecorous than such language as the following -- "Ye are raised on high by the engine of Jesus Christ, which is the cross, and ye are drawn by the rope, which is the Holy Ghost, and your pulley is your faith. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
But some of the writers the regime is now grooming to take power look a lot like insurgents themselves: indecorous, sometimes indecent, not snobby about pop culture.
For a gentleman there are only two decorous states , absolute poverty or overpowering wealth.
But apart from a sudden stampede to the front of the stage just before the end, the proceedings remained more or less decorous. Times, Sunday Times
Their singular talents die indecorous deaths; their individuality is silently squelched under the rigid and coercive iron heel of authority.
Reading this polished and sometimes decorous narrative, it is hard for the modern reader to see why it ever had such an impact.
He then proceeded to eat his dinner using bread and his fingers in a decorous manner, much to my sons' delight and fascination.
The British press has been atypically lenient in its review of his atrociously indecorous behaviour.
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This woman's behavior is indecorous and unprofessional, and when an employee is ‘scared to death,’ it is probably harassment.
The Democratic leadership and the liberal intelligentsia seemed pathetic and exhausted, wedded to musty ideals of bipartisanship and decorousness. Jay Rosen: Printing Press Progressives at Mother Jones Try to Debunk the Political Web
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He took it with him into the streets, galleries, beaches and bars he frequented, shedding the uptight decorousness that verse in the 1950s and '60s was expected to have.
‘By venting such indecorous spleen, some might consider that I am indulging in the ‘politics of envy’, as it is called.
Though other writers may be more decorous in choosing names for their major characters, they will almost always consult their internal dictionary for associations. Times, Sunday Times
Stolid brick houses with bay windows and big gardens exude an air of decorousness and prosperity.
Jesters and jugglers were not awanting, nor was the occasion of the assembly supposed to render the exercise of their profession indecorous or improper. Ivanhoe
When Hanuman chided him for his indecorous attire, he smiled and said nothing. THE BROKEN GOD
Most are blackish brown with a white fringe of hair decorously surrounding the face.
But I think decorousness plays at least a small role in the usefulness of blog reviews, particularly when it comes to using quotes that go on the front and back covers of books. Archive 2007-06-01
It can flourish only when there are still occasional pockets of the population who behave well – that is to say courteously, decorously and without leaving glistening lumps ofphlegm wherever they go – to replenish the stocks during the day. Lucy Mangan: The sound of the suburbs
While a British queue might appear a polite and decorous affair, the study suggests that it is in fact viciously judgmental. Times, Sunday Times
As she was singing - in a very decorous, quiet manner, in keeping with the Puritan distrust of the secular arts - her mother opened their back door.
It was all these, no doubt, that had so strengthened and enriched the love at first sight, which had shaken the equilibrium of his positive existence; and yet he now viewed all these as subordinate to the one image of mild decorous matronage into which wedlock was to transform the child of genius, longing for angel wings and unlimited space. The Parisians — Complete
‘In those days’, Hancock noted, ‘it was considered indecorous for angels of mercy to appear otherwise than gray-haired and spectacled’.
She arranged her skirts decorously and, mere seconds later, the butler entered the parlour and presented Mr Brown-Lee to the group.
This robust, indecorous, and accommodating vernacular tradition was not universally hostile to the spirit or methods of Renaissance classicism: it simply took from them what it wanted and adapted it to local practice.
The shameless individual does not feel that painful emotion that arises out of the consciousness of something dishonourable, ridiculous, or indecorous in his/her conduct.
How could one so pure have stooped from her decorous and noble manner of bearing! North and South
Still mother-naked, she placed her hands on her hips, stepped out of her decorous self, and swore like a sailor. The Alibi
There is no decorous way to put this, but dogs run, bark and fetch sticks just as they used to and are called by their owners. Times, Sunday Times
He might even - and the thought curiously excited him - have a decorous turn around the floor with the dishy Mrs Sawtry... THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PRINCE
Judging it ‘too decorous ’, she put on her own production at her convent school.
Grilled but i am not awry in indecorously electric knife sharpeners a saprobe that fimbria the dramamine of countersubversion incorporated and magnifico sporozoan pizzazz memorably. fred turnstone eponymy be hoosgow them up in the axile frock, with valedictory weigher and photogravure the way they do in theosophism, tenet. Rational Review
For reasons it would be indecorous to disclose, I've been more than usually preoccupied with sex and relationships this month.
Cycling and painting are quite separate means of self-expression and their combination is both incongruous and indecorous.
Grilled but i am not awry in indecorously electric knife sharpeners a saprobe that fimbria the dramamine of countersubversion incorporated and magnifico sporozoan pizzazz memorably. fred turnstone eponymy be hoosgow them up in the axile frock, with valedictory weigher and photogravure the way they do in theosophism, tenet. Rational Review
This robust, indecorous, and accommodating vernacular tradition was not universally hostile to the spirit or methods of Renaissance classicism: it simply took from them what it wanted and adapted it to local practice.
Such a decorous manner of doing business is of course, oh so Edinburgh and oh so out of date.
But apart from a sudden stampede to the front of the stage just before the end, the proceedings remained more or less decorous. Times, Sunday Times
It was a decorous affair. Times, Sunday Times
Maslin on Audition by Barbara Walters: If any single thing keeps 'Audition' from achieving the stature of Katharine Graham's 'Personal History,' the book that set the high-water mark for memoirs of the politically and socially well-connected, it is the excess decorousness built into An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.
I'm a little late to the party, but here is an absurd decorousness in the denunciations -- from the Obama and McCain campaigns and across the liberal blogosphere -- of the current New Yorker cover. John McQuaid: A Fist-Bump for the New Yorker
For all the decorousness of her music and songs, it's her voice that conveys the deepest sense of wonder and truly sells these songs.
To exist in a modern world, we must often ignore its indecorous parts: the rivers of waste we produce, the intersexual fish we create. Pipe Dreams
After all, she'd essentially refused to look him in the eye earlier, deciding to be proper and decorous instead of curious.
a profusion of thin circles, called sambo, made of the giraffe's tail-hairs bound round by the thinnest iron or copper wire; whilst the men at home wear loin-cloths, but in the field, or whilst travelling, simply hang a goat-skin over their shoulders, exposing at least three-fourths of their body in a rather indecorous manner. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
The kids sat down, and within a moment all were in a state resembling decorousness.
Further in front, children receiving their First Communion displayed a mixture of decorous behaviour and occasional outbursts of cheerful chanting in praise of their hero.
First, an indecorous alphabet, which I have no idea about, other than it features descriptions of words that don't normally get written about (spicy chicken pasta, raisins, lard, creme egg).
Niece and (kunject a bit now!) our own familiars, Billyhealy, Bally-hooly and Bullyhowley, surprised in an indecorous position by the Sigurd Sigerson Sphygmomanometer Society for bled-prusshers. Finnegans Wake
Warrior katsinas arrive to punish the clowns for licentious behavior and teach them good Hopi behavior: modest and quiet in conduct, careful and decorous in speech, abstemious and sharing about food, and unselfish about other things.
The young woman's acceptance of the cigarette, indoors and among her friends, was a statement of mild daring; during her wedding and the following celebrations, she was suitably decorous.
Even the females, it would appear, have some of them of late years learned the habit of drinking grog from the English sailors; and Captain Dillon gives an account of a priestess, who visited him on board the "Besearch," and who, having among several other somewhat indecorous requests, demanded a tumbler of rum, quaffed off the whole at a draught as soon as it was set before her. John Rutherford, the White Chief
Dish hair, showily and decorous; Bingle , have individual character quite contemporary breath, and long hair provided more Wen Wan's moving model for the bride.
Moriah, over which Essec her husband's brother lorded; and him she addressed decorously, as one does address a ruler of the capel. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People
Those who are constantly ‘nice’, seemly and decorous, suppress their natural instincts.
Two days later a more decorous visitor called.
My general feelings toward Hollywood have changed dramatically for the better after a decorous Academy Awards presentation last night.
Dish hair, showily and decorous; Bingle , have individual character quite contemporary breath, and long hair provided more Wen Wan's moving model for the bride.
Spacious squares with regular boundaries were needed to facilitate the traffic and they were decorous and an ornament to the entire city.
It appears as if it is the mark of nobility, decorousness and civicness for a people, society or nation to make laws by which to govern themselves.
They make their way to the vinyl-padded folding chairs, which let out a rather indecorous sound when they sit down.
If the result is a style that is overly mannered, decorous, cautious and middle-aged, then this is the price they pay for their infatuation.
Though other writers may be more decorous in choosing names for their major characters, they will almost always consult their internal dictionary for associations. Times, Sunday Times
The kids are all resourceful and responsible and pitch in financially when needed, while dad is an incontinent, inveterate, indecorous inebriate. Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011
In private, with his girlfriend, he behaved decorously, and kept his effusions for his dog.
‘It looks like a cowpat,’ said the decorous Englishman who ordered it, ‘but it tastes good.’
He felt that there was something indecorous in her proposal.
Which do you think should pay greatest attention to the decorousness of his appearance in the delivery of a speech? The Defense
In his occasional indulgence in what he called a fleshly frailty, (and for which he said he had a privilege,) which was in truth an attachment to strong liquors, and that in no moderate degree, his language, at other times remarkably decorous and reserved, became wild and animated. Woodstock
Court society viewed the handling of money, though ever more widespread, as an indecorous gesture, which it affected to believe had not yet infiltrated the most intimate corners of its own world.
he pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously
I was in the audience when you missed the shift and muttered something indecorous, and really it was almost inaudible.
There is no decorous way to put this, but dogs run, bark and fetch sticks just as they used to and are called by their owners. Times, Sunday Times
Embarrassment concerns lighter social gaffes and violations of decorous comportment.
Portraits were shown in decorous green rooms, while the more acidic green of the walls displaying mythological and Biblical heroines signaled the internal realm of Chasseriau's fecund imagination.
Agatha, Apted's next film, is a much more decorous and gentle crime film, a fictionalised version of the disappearance of mystery writer Agatha Christie in 1926.
And infringement of twenty-three other FCC rulings regarding decorous and proper behavior on a television-media performance. THE DICE MAN
He was probably going to lecture her on her indecorous behavior and the scandal it would cause.
It gave ladies the chance to make good use of the hatboxes in which their creations had been delivered, by propping them decorously over the top of their triumphs of the milliner's art.
Store policies reveal a concern with establishing an orderly social space in which workers and consumers engaged in decorous, purposeful transactions.
I take this less as a mandate for medieval masochism than an indecorous call to embrace our own authentic experience.
Brummell and Byron did, Robinson and Caroline employed gendered expectations of indecorous feminine behavior to straddle the divide between woman as décor and woman as actant by toying with the doubling nature of revealing fabrics, suggestive accoutrements, or outlandish getups. Framing Romantic Dress: Mary Robinson, Princess Caroline and the Sex/Text
How could one so pure have stooped from her decorous and noble manner of bearing! North and South
There are exceptions, which it would be indecorous, perhaps even counter-productive, to name.
In Tokyo's hothouse atmosphere decorous behaviour brought from home is jettisoned.
Having grown in an elegant Reform congregation, prayer was for me a matter of majesty and decorousness, which is to say from my perspective, boring. Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: High Holidays and the Gifts One Generation Gives The Next
Do not think that you should palter with the truth either because it may not be palatable to me, or seem decorous to yourself. Ayala's Angel
The town is really just three main streets, South Street and Market Street and North Street, and about them bubbles a decorous throb of industriousness.
Too intimate a portrayal of a virtuous Spanish woman was considered indecorous, and perhaps being portrayed itself was perceived as contributing to vanity.
The election of President Kennedy, which installed Jackie Kennedy with her pillbox hat and decorous gloves as a national fashion leader, reinvigorated the industry.
If they are slain in the spirit decorous thump: there's to be no rolling afterwards.
The man had never behaved towards her in other than a friendly and decorous way; nevertheless, she burned.
She was "fey" -- _exaltée_ -- in the state of lighthearted-and lightheadedness for which sober, literal, decorous English has no synonym. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood
Wild horses, however, would not persuade me to recount the precise sequence of events that led up to this happy, if somewhat indecorous, conclusion.
Distinctive, decorous grade and brand-new life interest.
The decorous sentimental verses written by patroness and client during such visits hint at a platonic salon flirtation.
Embarrassment concerns lighter social gaffes and violations of decorous comportment.
The overstuffed chairs, the curtains, the rice-carved bed, the highboy, the bath fixtures, all evoked a sense of that decorous, long-past era.
‘It looks like a cowpat,’ said the decorous Englishman who ordered it, ‘but it tastes good.’
The song leader on a platform and in an immaculate white sweater would intone such hymns as Abide With Me while the visitors might be allowed a decorous Auld Lang Syne.
Though other writers may be more decorous in choosing names for their major characters, they will almost always consult their internal dictionary for associations. Times, Sunday Times
His personality seemed in harmony with his mild decorous manner but it hid totally unsuspected depths.
Steve and I and several passengers step downstairs to investigate, and stumble into a full-blown birthday bash, rich with cranberry juice and vodka, dancing, banjo strumming, serenading, and Ilona, standing decorously in the center of it all in a white dress soaking in the spotlight. Richard Bangs: Mind Sex with Strangers
It was a decorous affair. Times, Sunday Times
In Italy, Spain and France it is considered indecorous to reveal too much skin anywhere but in the water.
The moment had arrived when it was thought that the mask and cothurn might again be assumed with effect; when a grave and conventional personage might decorously make his appearance to perform an interlude of clemency and moderation with satisfactory results. The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84)
I doubt not a justice-loving public will have remarked, ere this, that I have thus far shown a criminal remissness in pursuing, catching, and bringing to condign punishment the would-be assassin of Mr. Robert Moore: here was a fine opening to lead my willing readers a dance, at once decorous and exciting: a dance of law and gospel, of the dungeon, the dock, and the 'dead-thraw.' Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
While a British queue might appear a polite and decorous affair, the study suggests that it is in fact viciously judgmental. Times, Sunday Times
His enviable gifts as a melodist are evident throughout and finely straddle the line between the decorous and the deeply felt. Terence Blanchard: Free Will And 'Choices'
A servant was hovering decorously behind them.
the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme

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