be proper
Example Sentences
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On Monday, Sarah Dines, a Home Office minister, described the barge as “basic but proper” and said that it would send “a forceful message that there will be proper accommodation but not luxurious.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
His partner, Diana, said: "There needs to be proper evidence-based care and real accountability and recordkeeping and aftercare - all of that stuff that's been so sorely lacking."
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2023
"There has to be justice for this. There has to be justice in The Hague and there has to be proper reparation in the rebuilding of Ukraine," he said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 16, 2023
No farewell to Roggin would be proper without an acknowledgment of the significant role he played in revitalizing the nightly local sportscast here and elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
“We have done with that I make no insinuations about the woman, if it be proper not to do so. I speak of what airt your own judgment is to be.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
