polite convention

Examples (10)

• Shaking hands when you meet someone is a common polite convention in the Western world.
• Her artwork deliberately challenges the polite conventions of traditional aesthetics.
• In many cultures, it's a polite convention to bring a small gift when invited to someone's home.
• He found the rigid polite conventions of the royal court to be quite suffocating.
• Is sending a written thank-you card still a necessary polite convention in the digital age?
• The polite convention of saying "bless you" after someone sneezes has ancient origins.
• While some may find it old-fashioned, adhering to polite conventions can make social interactions smoother.
• Ignoring the polite convention to wait your turn in line is considered rude.
• The novelist's characters often flout the polite conventions of their time, creating dramatic tension.
• Learning the local polite conventions is an important part of traveling to a foreign country.