unwritten

Example Sentences

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The unwritten rules: the bigger, the louder, the splashier, the starrier, the better.

From The Wall Street Journal

“That unwritten rule not to touch accredited foreign journalists, has stopped working,” said Pavlov, a member of the First Department legal aid group.

From Seattle Times

This is an all-male environment and there are interesting codes of conduct both written and unwritten.

From Salon

“There were unwritten rules that applied — quite different than they are today,” Mr. Leahy, who was first elected in 1974, said in his farewell speech to the Senate.

From New York Times

I understand that not everyone understands the unwritten rules of fertility struggles or social media blasts.

From Washington Post