decorous

Example Sentences

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Lee Martino’s choreography, like the production as a whole, is at its best when observing decorous constraints.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Their work has been seen as reflecting their vastly different personas—Manet the dashing, witty, impetuous flâneur; Morisot the reserved, intelligent and exceedingly decorous bourgeoise—through the lens of their separate worlds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

To make a point she moved "outside the usual decorous modes of conversation that civil servants use", he says.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023

It announced itself with such gratifying force — registering a 6.8 on the crunch Richter scale and drowning out all hope of decorous conversation with each handful I took up.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

Jo couldn’t even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a somewhat agitated life.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott