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

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

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

Sam Lessin, a general partner at investment firm Slow Ventures, recently wrote an etiquette book targeting young tech founders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Because he was recently thinking about Handsome’s rules of manners and etiquette, he wondered if perhaps there was a proper way to address a hill, or any other geographical feature.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el