unwritten law
Example Sentences
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There’s an unwritten law that literary fiction set in the high plains be sturdy and simple — sentences firm as fence posts, commas hammered in as clean as barn nails.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024
Experts say the unwritten law of the sea is a Hollywood-fed myth and a relic of Victorian-era chivalry.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023
For years, surfers, surf magazines and surf photographers mostly lived by that unwritten law in order to keep surfing’s secret spots secret.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022
Patty is Allison's next-door neighbor, and per the unwritten law of sitcoms, one might assume that the two would automatically be friends, if not best pals.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2021
There was an unwritten law that nothing was to be molested that stood outside the door where it belonged.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
