decorousness
Example Sentences
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I wonder if perhaps the pendulum has swung a little too far toward decorousness; the contestants, the jewelry, the judging, the editing, even the eliminations are all tentative, bordering on withdrawn.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021
Despite her complaints about rude reporters, Sanders might not actually be hoping for more decorousness from the press corps.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 17, 2018
On the recording each party did its best not to let its decorousness get in the way.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2010
For one, the Supreme Court is a place of exceeding decorousness.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2010
Cyrus was talking to Mr. McFarland with a certain self-conscious decorousness.
From Fidelity A Novel by Glaspell, Susan
