Sentence example with the word 'propriety'

propriety

admissibility, chasteness, correctness, dueness, fittingness, health, naturalness, polish, realism, seemliness, urbanity

Definition n. correct or appropriate behavior

Last update: January 25, 2017


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Our colonians behave with a mutual propriety.   [noun]

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They combine filial obedience and propriety with a steadfast resolve to take no real notice of parental disapproval of her unlikely but successful match.   [noun]

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Now may we be convinced of the propriety of applying the epithet " good " to humility or piety toward God.   [noun]

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David had contended, and the novelty of the circumstance held him silent, in deliberation on the propriety of the unusual occurrence.   [noun]

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Claverhouse, his lip just curled with an ironical smile, bowed, and said, "It was not for him to judge the propriety of his Grace's sentiments."   [noun]

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But I am so situated at present, that I cannot enter on the subject of my family with any propriety.   [noun]

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It was evident that they debated on the propriety of some measure, that nearly concerned the welfare of the travelers.   [noun]

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"Where there is such a sense of propriety there can be little affection."   [noun]

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"There are, Mr Morton, in this paper, proposals, as to the abstract propriety of which I must now waive delivering any opinion."   [noun]

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'Allow me,' said the magistrate, 'to remind you of one reason that may suggest the propriety of a candid and open confession.'   [noun]

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The old, with its tinsel, its hypocrisy, its hollowness, its lying propriety, and its pitiful cowardice, shall lie behind us like a museum, open for instruction.   [noun]

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