decorousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorousness
Noun
  • Reiten’s return to full fitness before the end of the domestic season is a huge plus for Norway.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • Here’s what experts had to say about the new study, plus how to incorporate these three exercises into your fitness routine for the maximum brain boost.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • While many on Reddit applauded the poster's creative approach, etiquette experts said there might have been a better way to handle the situation.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
  • During her appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, Nico shared that her dad always instilled in her the importance of set etiquette and remembering every crew member’s name.
    Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • That such rhetoric passed without objection is not merely a failure of decorum.
    Isabella Brannon, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
  • Rodriguez was speaking in opposition to a new decorum policy that prohibited profanity.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Questions of spectacle and propriety circled the Mütter even then, but Worden’s ample charisma, her confidence in the validity of her own fascination, seemed largely able to keep them at bay.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • But the courts have not yet had an opportunity to weigh in on the question raised by Bonta about the propriety of congress invoking the CRA to revoke such a waiver.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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“Decorousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorousness. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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