conventional formality

Example Sentences

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The midday meal had been duly eaten—but there had been no conventional formality about it.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

First of all, all useless luxury and conventional formality will be reduced to a minimum.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

Dear Adolphus, why should this strained conventional formality exist any longer between us? 

From Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches by Oliphant, Laurence