bad manners

Example Sentences

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But for some social situations, quietly slipping out the door may not be bad manners at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

That’s bad manners, at best, or a willful abandoning of her fiduciary duty, at worst.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025

Another said that people working from cafes made him stop going to Starbucks, and that the announcement is a "measure against those who've crossed the line with their bad manners".

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

"With common sense you can distinguish what is rude or bad manners from what is a crime," Vox said on X, formerly Twitter.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2023

Despite Aunt Ivy’s constant warnings not to talk to strangers, here, in the tight community of the Great Northern Railway car, it seemed bad manners not to answer.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson