Sentence examples for Social decorum from inspiring English sources

Social decorum means no talk of politics at the dinner table/bar/brunch gathering/pretty much anywhere that is not a politics class -- at least not at the very beginning of the conversation.

And he is also an observer (again in two senses, a watcher and a devotee) of social decorum.

Men tend to be less concerned with social decorum, with only 57 per cent prepared to eat dreaded foods just to save the feelings of their host.

By turning sexual and social decorum on its head, she projects her craziness onto others: they end up confounded, instead of her.

In addition, with its period vernacular and social decorum, what Mr. Crace rendered most scrupulously and deliciously is the sense of a place that feels uniquely remote.

With what remains of my sense of social decorum, I am trying to determine the proper response in this situation — what it is that I must say or do.

Bernie supporters have no compunction about hijacking a pro-Clinton thread to throw every kind of smack her way, with zero thought to social media decorum or just plain, good manners.

Confucianism, while not incompatible with Daoism, is oriented less toward natural mysticism and more toward social ethics and decorum, though it too is concerned with accommodating life to a balance in the natural flow of existence.

The very idea of sitting across the table from a demagogue who preyed on racial, ethnic and religious hostilities and treating him with decorum and social grace fills me with disgust, to the point of overflowing.

Not only are there limits on time spent outside of the hospital, but decorum and social norms also prohibit this type of personal involvement as a trainee.

Of late there has been a tendency to discuss the inability of North Americans to understand Argentines, A dignified Spanish decorum still regulates social life.