Example sentences for: etiquette

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

  • Roger, I grew up in Chicago, where I read and watched you with admiration, and your remarks yesterday on reviewing etiquette gave both my admiration and some dormant Chicago chauvinism a shot in the arm.

  • I don't think an etiquette has yet been formulated for this problem, so here are two jerry-built options: 1) Ignore things you wish to ignore, or 2) fluff off troublesome e's with a brief reply.

  • The antebellum modesty, while in part a reflection of the conventional etiquette of the time, may also have served a political objective: to alleviate the concerns of those who--in the early days of the republic--feared it might be transformed into a monarchy, and the president into a king.

  • And listen to Miss Manners herself, who has to admit there has been progress: "When the nostalgic moan about the decline of etiquette, Miss Manners turns contrary and points out that it is only recently that frank expressions of prejudice have become socially unacceptable."

  • As for not tipping an establishment's owner, in terms of etiquette you are correct.


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