etiquette

Example Sentences

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Pet behaviourist Vanessa Ward, 37, from Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, said training has evolved beyond the basic etiquette of sitting on command and holding well on a lead.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

That was held up as a great breach of etiquette, instigating calls for additional officials and even video reviews in a sport where competitors have traditionally called their own fouls.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Mr. Waltz’s character essentially takes the place of Van Helsing, a vampire hunter who serves up lore, etiquette and preferred killing techniques for anyone in the audience unfamiliar with the ways of the monster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

For the first time in my life, the staunch theater etiquette advocate in me could not care less.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

Momma, I do believe that the manners and etiquette taught at Miss Preston's may be some of the best instruction in the whole state of Maryland, if not all of the United States.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland