bad manners
Example Sentences
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Leaving a party without saying goodbye may not be bad manners at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
That’s bad manners, at best, or a willful abandoning of her fiduciary duty, at worst.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
Another said that people working from cafes made him stop going to Starbucks, and that the announcement is a "measure against those who've crossed the line with their bad manners".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
"With common sense you can distinguish what is rude or bad manners from what is a crime," Vox said on X, formerly Twitter.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023
I thought it very bad manners for anyone to pound on a bathroom door the way some person was pounding.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
