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 • May 31, 2024
Experts say the unwritten law of the sea is a Hollywood-fed myth and a relic of Victorian-era chivalry.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023
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 • Jul. 19, 2022
Patty is Allison's next-door neighbor, and per the unwritten law of sitcoms, one might assume that the two would automatically be friends, if not best pals.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2021
It was an unwritten law in Bull Meecham’s squadron that anyone who neglected to bring back a shipment of Coors from the West Coast would be court-martialed upon his return and probably shot.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
