In a sentence
Six example sentences with decorum, each labelled with its topic.
Court decorum required visitors to walk backwards from the throne, and one ambassador practiced the manoeuvre for a week.
History
Guests at the awards dinner kept a careful decorum until the lights came up and someone started a conga line.
Movies
The chef enforced a strict decorum: nobody reached across another cook's board, and answers came in one word.
Cooking
Courtroom decorum requires everyone to stand when the judge enters, and phones must stay silent throughout the hearing.
Law
The speaker reminded members that decorum forbids reading newspapers during debate, and two of them folded theirs away.
Politics
Concert decorum in the old hall was strict: no coughing between movements and no applause until the conductor lowered his arms.
Music
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