mores

Example Sentences

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But Musk has indeed embraced the cultural mores of Christian nationalists, whose faith is less about Jesus and more about using power to enforce their racist, sexist, and anti-queer views on the rest of Americans.

From Salon

Strauss’ operettas, beginning with “Die Fledermaus,” another New Year’s tradition, mocked the rich and the powerful, and undermined mores.

From Los Angeles Times

Each performer made the dialogue ring true to contemporary mores.

From Los Angeles Times

Rather, it was the thrust-and-parry of the pair, their gently barbed, whipsmart badinage, that made Nichols and May so revolutionary, their routines about sexual politics and social mores riding a knife’s edge.

From Los Angeles Times

We’ve been led to believe that things work in a certain way, that there are mores and norms.

From Salon