How to Use decorum in a Sentence

decorum

noun

• He has no sense of decorum.
• There was something exhilarating about all of this in an art form usually laced up tight in strict roles and decorum.
  — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• These aren’t bad people—these are people who, in any other situation, would observe decorum at its finest.
  — Lena Dunham, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2017
• State laws require judges to maintain fairness and decorum and conduct themselves in a manner that promotes confidence in the courts.
  — Justin Fenton, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2017
• Older readers who fear a decline in decorum among millennials should be reassured.
  — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017
• To be sure, Trump showed a startling lack of decorum and respect for his top national security officials.
  — Phillip Carter, Slate Magazine, 3 Aug. 2017
• So Moore is correct in one sense: Congress indeed passed a law dealing with decorum during the national anthem.
  — Politifact, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• Some time in the mid-’90s, American decorum disappeared.
  — David Friend, Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2017
• The clear breach of House decorum reflects the deep and painful divisions in Congress over the prime minister’s leadership.
  — Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 24 July 2024
• All of this is no match for Florida teacher, Rebecca Hinson, who is turning decorum around, one soup spoon at a time.
  — Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2017
• That requires a degree of decorum and civility that demands much, much more than the tacit agreement not to physically assault a speaker.
  — Grant Addison, National Review, 2 Oct. 2017
• Editorial decorum prohibits me from citing here the most colorful comment.
  — Chris Brennan, Philly.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• But weakening our commitment to democracy, decency and decorum?
  — Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• Diplomatic tradition may discourage foreign leaders from overtly criticizing their allies in public, but city mayors are tied to no such decorum.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2017
• The rules of nude cruising Here are the rules of decorum for the 2024 cruise.
  — Miami Herald Archive, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
• At the start of the hearing, the judge warned the audience to keep decorum in the courtroom.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
• The sergeant-at-arms may use the mace to regain decorum on the House floor if needed.
  — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2019
• The heat seems to have gotten to Miss Manners’ sense of decorum.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• For the moment, though, the two sides maintained decorum.
  — James Bandler, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2020
• Yet there are those of us who might suggest that decorum isn’t all bad.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• In the main room, scalloped with marble basins, there was a semblance of decorum, but in the side rooms, the men were young and frisky.
  — New York Times, 12 May 2022
• Some may say that there is wisdom, and decorum, in leaving it at that.
  — Giles Harvey, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• The decorum debate in sports has been raging and evolving for decades.
  — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2019
• Activists have yelled and screamed and disrupted the decorum of the Senate.
  — Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
• She’s not someone conditioned to hold back for the sake of decorum.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2021
• Wreaths Across America had a few ground rules in place, to keep decorum.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2022
• In other words, argue for your rights, but don’t overstep the bounds of good taste and decorum.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
• Now Christensen, 17, is at the center of a debate about decorum and free speech.
  — Brandon Griggs, CNN, 21 Mar. 2018
• Still, there were certain points of order and decorum on which Adm. Toole would not budge.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
• But also that line speaks to the way Saeki violates a lot of laws of decorum.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024