How To Use decorum In A Sentence
- He spoke of such with soldierlike respect and decorum. The History of Pendennis
- He visited many speakeasies, “from mere drinking dens to palatially appointed private houses where you find whole families, including children, dining together with the utmost decorum, the elders taking wine.” CHASING the WHITE DOG
- The hypocrite is a good example for other people, a model of probity and decorum, at least until the truth comes out.
- The insult to one of the most senior members of the House, a Vietnam veteran, was a violation of the body's customary decorum as well as its rules, which bar members from directly addressing each other.
- General David Petraeus, in a rare public show of indecorum, last week suggested that corruption has been a part of Afghan culture since the country came into existence, which is a sentiment that is not only, from a historical and anthropological perspective, wholly ignorant, but one that exposes intentions on the General's part that seem both dubious as well as misplaced. Michael Hughes: Afghanistan Corrupted by U.S. and 30 Years of Foreign Meddling
- By performing the personal in public, talk-show guests transgress the boundaries of behavior and decorum deemed appropriate by middle-class society.
- As young ladies we were expected to act/behave with proper decorum.
- The real 'breach of decorum' is having a Democrat reaching in my wallet every time I turn around. House resolution over Wilson 'breach of decorum'
- On the ship he played bingo, went to the shows, dressed for dinner, and maintained his silent decorum.
- All the guests were models of decorum, grace and manners and I didn't know if I would get used to such good behaviour.