Example sentences for: decorum

How can you use “decorum” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the 1931 Dracula , however, which like Nosferatu is based on Bram Stoker's novel, Bela Lugosi has to be impaled through the heart in his coffin, whereupon he emits a strange little disappointed groan that remains a benchmark of decorum when compared with the hissing and writhing deaths of modern screen vampires.

  • But as soon as the miniskirt became part of the adult erotic arsenal, little girls' dresses sank below the knee, right where they had been in mid-Victorian times and where they still are, guarding traditional female decorum as their elders' skirts no longer do.

  • While Coz preaches decorum, the Globe has added more sensationalism, more gore, more nasty gossip.

  • And certainly no one expects an injury to result, meaning, of course, that decorum should be maintained at all times.

  • Like almost everything in the whole group, this amazing dress combined complexity and simplicity, sensuality and decorum, refined wit and strong impact.


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