Sentence examples for decorous behaviour from inspiring English sources
Anyone out there who associates badminton with old-fashioned ideas of decorous behaviour can think again.
Some may feel that the sight of a sensible young woman marrying her sensible prince is less damaging to the aspirations of our daughters than the more venal and far less decorous behaviour showcased in much of our popular culture.
Miller weighed in late, his "representatives" replying on his behalf last week to say that "Batman would respect the first amendment" (protecting freedom of speech), and followed that up a couple of days later with an updated statement: "Batman believes in the first amendment and decorous behaviour".
His brilliant debut, Forgetting Elena (1973), reads the gay social and sexual rituals of New York's Fire Island in terms of the parallel rituals of 10th-century Japanese court life, "idle and gossipy", "profoundly hierarchical if superficially egalitarian", where decorous social behaviour contrasted with brutal sensuality, and ethics were liable at any time to be overruled by aesthetics.
Candlestick's chilly conditions contributed to the less than decorous behavior of its fans.
The criticism for his less than decorous language and behaviour online grew sharper in the wake of Sunday's comments.
They were nicely covered up – you couldn't even see a hairy shin – and on the field they were required to abide by a fairly decorous standard of behaviour.
Lord of the Flies, in which William Golding saw British society of the 1950s – outwardly decorous but red in tooth and claw – through the behaviour of schoolboys stranded on a tropical island has been adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams, and directed by Sheader.
Just a steady dull and decorous burn.
Each is decorous and accomplished.
