decorousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorousness
Noun
  • Amenities include a clubhouse with a movie theater; art studio; fitness center and dance room; a game room and card room; salon for hair appointments, manicures, pedicures and massages; a media center and indoor and outdoor lounge areas.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • On Saturday, August 2, 2025, at the gorgeous Casa Lago Beverly Hills, producer and actor DeVon Franklin and fitness coach Maria Castillo tied the knot in a beautiful lakeside celebration in front of the Los Angeles skyline.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The bride-to-be's post and the subsequent responses have opened up a larger conversation about family dynamics, wedding etiquette and emotional manipulation.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Both instances call into question proper airplane etiquette, a hot topic online nowadays, as people debate the best ways to share the air while respecting personal space and boundaries.
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Young American heiresses were a premium export, trained in the distinctly English sense of propriety and decorum imported by their parents.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Where have decorum and ethics gone among our politicians?
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • While for many years the austere and exacting widow Agnes ran her East 61st Street home with an iron fist of propriety and high necklines, everything changed at the end of Season 2.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 June 2025
  • His watch, however, was a 42 mm sporty Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional chronograph in diamonds and the Swiss watchmaker’s propriety Canopus Gold, a special blend of 18-karat white gold combined with platinum, rhodium, and palladium.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Decorousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorousness. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.

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