unwritten law

Example Sentences

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There’s an unwritten law that literary fiction set in the high plains be sturdy and simple — sentences firm as fence posts, commas hammered in as clean as barn nails.

From Los Angeles Times

But the facts of that night were swallowed up by a code of silence, the unwritten law that presumed police officers would shield one another from accountability.

From New York Times

For years, surfers, surf magazines and surf photographers mostly lived by that unwritten law in order to keep surfing’s secret spots secret.

From New York Times

The unwritten laws of baseball and common sense, which rarely coincide with each other on many situations, said it would happen eventually.

From Seattle Times

Even if there had been a good deli, unwritten laws said New York’s was best.

From Seattle Times