INDECOROUS in a Sentence

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1. The audience behaved indecorously, as if the concert were an informal dress rehearsal.
2. She paused as if she felt it indecorous to speak of her pregnancy before Pierre, though the gist of the matter lay in that.

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 Meanings and Examples of INDECOROUS
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indecorous
 a.  not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
 a.  lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
Classic Sentence:
1  "This is getting indecorous," whispered one lady, with an expressive glance at Madame Karenina, Vronsky, and her husband.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 7
2  Behind her and her husband were the four Tarleton girls, their red locks indecorous notes in the solemn occasion, their russet eyes still looking like the eyes of vital young animals, spirited and dangerous.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
3  Jesters and jugglers were not awanting, nor was the occasion of the assembly supposed to render the exercise of their profession indecorous or improper.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
4  She paused as if she felt it indecorous to speak of her pregnancy before Pierre, though the gist of the matter lay in that.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII
5  The audience behaved indecorously, as if the concert were an informal dress rehearsal.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
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