properly

Example Sentences

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Another said: "One of the best things I've seen today! Properly uplifting!"

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Properly applied, it allows capable people to meet standards they would otherwise be unable to reach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

You could launch the Properly Valued Companies ETF, which does not buy the stock of car companies that have regularly traded at a price of more than 200 times their earnings per share.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025

Properly understood, culture is not a passive backdrop to “real life” but an active domain where communities articulate their shared meanings.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Properly infuriated, the Laughing Man pushed off his mask with his tongue and confronted the Dufarges with his naked face by moonlight Mile.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger