Sentence examples for perfect decorum from inspiring English sources

Nonetheless, they are behaving with perfect decorum.

Next morning they are all doing pliés in a row in perfect decorum.

"I think she is acting with perfect decorum, given the fact that she really only needs to please one person".

But there is also a wealth of humorous humanity in Haig's performance: informed by the queen's seductive companion that, even in madness, he has treated her with perfect decorum, Haig cries, "Have I?" in a voice aching with infinite regret.

"Who, in the age of Trump, is teaching boys why not to grope — even when they can, even when 'you can do anything'?" But nowhere did Stephens acknowledge that, less than a year ago, America did have, in President Barack Obama, a near-perfect model of male decorum and restraint, who in his own behavior and words taught boys how to be men who honored and respected women.

McEwan's evocative detail and perfect British prose lend a genteel decorum to the death and decay that surround a feral nuclear family.

This is a gross violation of congressional decorum.

So, she says, "you have to be perfect, not only in class but in attitude and decorum and you have to fit in and be quiet.

And when she surrenders to Mr. Hudson (as she does, we're bound to tell you, before the end), she does so with lady-like decorum and elegant restraint.He, too, performs with perfect manners, barely speaking above a whisper most of the time and giving a sterling imitation of a rustic stalwart who is passionate for trees.

Are we resentful because we have to play within the confines of decorum, while the likes of Kim Kardashian do as they please under perfect Hollywood lighting?

Diplomatic decorum was forgotten.