be seemly

Example Sentences

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Would it be seemly to have a moment of silence for the Iraqi corpses?

From Time Magazine Archive

I wanted to tell him that I would miss him, but I didn’t think saying such a thing would be seemly.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

To be your guardian, Isobel, would not be seemly.

From The Master Mummer by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Sulkowski bowed and wanted to kiss her hand, but she struck him with her fan and said: 'Let that be--I am old, it would not be seemly; but let me sit somewhere.'

From Count Br?hl by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

I love the girl he said to himself and she must be mine but I somehow feel I can not propose in London it would not be seemly in the city of London.

From The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)