mores

Example Sentences

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Economic hardship is a common thread, with nationalist sentiment, historical grievance, changing demographics and evolving social mores woven through as well.

From Los Angeles Times

“We knew that he had violated the Southern mores. That was not good at all. So we all made a beeline for the car.”

From Washington Post

Red Army memorials are just some of the divisive symbols that persist in Germany long after the political systems and social mores that sustained them have vanished.

From New York Times

Social mores were rigid, especially for her female sleuths, and often guile and ambiguities were used in place of uncomfortable honesty and confrontation.

From Washington Post

In the 1960s and ’70s, Mad reached its peak of cultural influence as it spoofed social mores and shifting politics, with its circulation topping 2 million during the Watergate era.

From Washington Post