Sentence examples for conventions of etiquette from inspiring English sources

Maxwell felt outmoded conventions of etiquette often caused parties to flop: "What should a party be, in heaven's name?

We also abide by conventions of etiquette, dress, eating, and so on.

There will always be a larger proportion of any social group expecting that the unwritten conventions of etiquette be observed regularly, with few exceptions and no matter how quirky, rebellious or authentic you feel like being, there will always be boundaries of respect for others that you need to heed, as will be made clear in the remainder of this article.

Provided these essentials were preserved, Churchill, for all his sense of history, was surprisingly willing to sacrifice any national shibboleths of orthodox economics, of social convention, of military etiquette or tradition on the altar of victory.

It does not seem to be the normativity of morality, since someone who violates some convention of, say, etiquette or fashion need not thereby act immorally.

But where the manners and hierarchies of Wharton's world are highly codified (and the scandal in her books is the arrival of someone who tries to break them), Waldman's characters are set adrift in a world without clear rules, and they torment themselves trying to figure out if they've in fact violated some ill-defined conventions of courtship and sexual etiquette.

While my coaches spent hours teaching me how to develop my own strange, recklessly effective style, off the court I was being initiated into a mannered world of etiquette, propriety and convention.

Theirs is a world of conventions and longstanding etiquette, where debates over skin-baring gowns or different bouquet shades take on the gravity of a United Nations peace conference.

It is the convention of awards-ceremony etiquette for the winner to perform a convincing impression of bashful disbelief.

Since the goal of etiquette is to honor, not offend, then why would you insist on using a convention that is sure to rattle some women's chains?

Christie violated a cardinal rule of convention etiquette: work to set yourself up as a Party leader in case the current nominee fails, but don't get caught trying.