decorousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorousness
Noun
  • Vance’s family used her fitness Instagram page to deliver the news of her death.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • No experience is necessary and all fitness levels are welcome.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Newsweek spoke to etiquette expert Jo Hayes about the colleague's behavior, and what the original poster (OP) should do next.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Each challenge seemed to sound a death knell for going to the movies, from the rise of streaming to current debates over movie-going etiquette.
    Mackenzie Farkus, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Wittingly or not, nobody embodied this behavior better than Musk, who has spent the past decade operating with a healthy contempt for institutions, any semblance of decorum, and the law.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Disorder again ensued at the Jan. 28 commissioners court meeting, as the court approved a new decorum policy amid opposition from Democrats on the court and several Tarrant County residents who spoke out on the change.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Here, Gomez speaks with Variety about the propriety of the FCC’s actions and the potential harm that may come to broadcast journalism.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
  • But Musk is operating in the wide open, where everyone can see and judge for themselves the propriety of his place beside the president.
    Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Decorousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorousness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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