more proper
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Not all of Sybylla’s experiences are upbeat or encouraging—she is constitutionally incapable of conforming, which gets her in constant trouble among the more proper circles into which she is thrust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Like Mr Barnes, Mr Lewis says getting more proper truck stops is a "big thing" for all drivers.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
But life there is pictured, in perhaps too clear a contrast to her more proper existence up the hill, as rich and warm, messy and honest, more spiritual than intellectual and attractively dangerous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Morgan decided to build a new repository for his impressive book and art collections, he had passed over the flamboyant White and turned to his more proper partner, Charles Follen McKim.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
Here the Continental Army had suffered through a winter of their own, and the vast, stark, frozen desolation itself seemed a more proper monument than statues and stones.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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