Sentence examples for rules of polite from inspiring English sources

There was a time when the Bolshoi broke the rules of polite ballet behavior.

The House of Commons is a bearpit and those participating have tacitly accepted that the usual rules of polite discourse need not apply.

Howard was a paradox – a convinced social democrat who so revered the rules of polite conduct that he reproved me for using a mobile telephone in a restaurant.

As for those without a Daniel Plan, so far the evidence says the best scheme is to form teams and compete for a prize big enough that people will set aside the normal rules of polite behavior.

It observes the consuming 10-year affair of a hotblooded, cigar-smoking Spanish-Italian courtesan (Ms. Argento) who flouts the rules of polite society, and a sloe-eyed dandy (Fu'ad Aït Aattou) who is unable to let her go.

In one you are tangible and rules of polite social discourse apply; in the other, anything goes – the mean-spirited nastiness that permeates social media thrives on anonymity and distance.

Instead, he chose to use the child of one of his political opponents and in doing so shattered a key rule of polite discourse in campaigns: Kids are off limits.It didn't happen by chance.

Thus, the youngster learns the first rule of polite conversation: Don't interrupt!

That cut through, because it seemed to cast Clegg as a rule-breaker, a maverick unbound by the conventions of polite political society.

Remembering, no doubt, that he is offending against the rules of speech in polite society, Houellebecq brings on a pair of Muslim characters to criticise their religion and then depart.

After the first few hours yesterday, the self-portrait appeared to show a mosaic of polite rule-breakers, exhibitionists with a social conscience and slightly inept publicans.