Sentence examples for break etiquette from inspiring English sources
The phrase "break etiquette" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to actions that violate social norms or expected behaviors in a particular context.
Example: "During the formal dinner, he chose to break etiquette by speaking loudly and interrupting others."
Alternatives: "violate decorum" or "disregard social norms"
While Hollywood and its acolytes may believe that Mr. Moore was (in that now terminally overused word) "inappropriate," there may well be plenty of other Americans who find it more mischievous than scandalous to break etiquette at a glitzy awards show.
Was simultaneously rooting for & against you tonight LOL! Good job! <3") and the negative ("I watch #Jeopardy now ONLY because I want to see Arthur Chu get his face shoved in it. Hard. He breaks etiquette to win. Fall hard, Arthur").. "This wasn't part of some conscious strategy to go viral: this was just for my own emotional satisfaction," Chu said.
Maybe you have more good days then bad days or the idea of sharing that you are too tired to go to the store is breaking etiquette rules.
Sometimes you have to break with etiquette and do what seems logical".
Sake in hand, I decide to break with etiquette and ask if he knows a good place to buy a bento box.
For overworked Americans, the two-martini lunch has turned into the two-minute lunch, or a series of hurried snacks, consumed at the desk or in a Spartan break room Etiquette hasn't kept up.
"The rarity of seeing someone reading Pynchon in public prompted me to break tube etiquette and say hello, albeit briefly given that I had to get off," says Eve. "Anyway, I tweeted about the occurrence and 'John Dee' (@Dystopia2009) got in touch and proposed that, on Pynchon's birthday, we could hold a Pynchon in Public day.
Did I break business etiquette?
Keeping your back towards the door and facing the passengers is a huge break in etiquette and can make some people feel extremely awkward.
On the podium her mum broke cycling etiquette by refusing to shake her hand.
If you've been in public in the past year or so, chances are you've noticed someone breaking dining etiquette that would seem second-nature to any adult.
