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noun

decorum

behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety

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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