Sentence examples for not etiquette from inspiring English sources

"That's not to say she doesn't have manners," she said, "but it's certainly not etiquette.

He's got a twinkle in his eye but a steely commitment to having children — even if they're not etiquette role models — at least sit politely and not scream or throw food.

(@bloodroyale - "As #latitude comes to an end, Nick Cave reminds me once again, that life is bigger than Twitter"), with whom I shared a very awkward "hello" – it turns out that it's not etiquette to attempt conversation with the son of the Treasury chief in the urinals at a music festival.

The concern we have is about civil rights, not etiquette.

But doesn't etiquette say I should be invited to the rehearsal dinner?

Our household now follows Lewis Carroll's advice, as given by the Red Queen to Alice when introducing her to a leg of mutton: "It isn't etiquette to cut anyone you've been introduced to".

"If you're swimming at Newport with some old leech," he wrote, "And he wrestles you while you're wet, / Don't call him a son of a Bailey's Beach, / It ain't smart, / It ain't chic, / It ain't etiquette".

But for many young professionals, the don't-ask-don't-tell etiquette of previous generations seems like a relic.

But I am writing an advice column, not an etiquette column.

But it's not all etiquette, passing electronic notes and Web surfing.

Not just etiquette but self-preservation tells you not to harangue the chef who's cooking your dinner or the doctor who's asking you to "Cough, please".