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

An ad hoc band of 31 artists had issued a riposte to the city’s annual state-sponsored Salon, with its elitist jury system and decorous traditional canvases, by holding an independent exhibition of thoroughly modern art.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

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

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023

Falstaff will never be decorous: and he is cast off.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith