How to Use propriety in a Sentence

propriety

noun

• They debated the propriety of the punishment that he was given.
• When attending a wedding, there are certain proprieties that must be observed.
• She conducted herself with propriety.
• That need to be held was so human against the backdrop of propriety and the war.
  — Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 29 July 2024
• The propriety of all this and what to do about it can be debated.
  — W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 21 May 2022
• There had to be at least one other woman with them for the sake of propriety.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
• But his sense of what’s right has nothing to do with propriety.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 July 2017
• The roads are narrow, the mountains tall, the city a strange mix of English propriety and Chinese grit.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• For instance, tea time involves its own rules of propriety, like how to hold a tea cup.
  — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• Why the etiquette of silence, the prudence of propriety?
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• The clash over Pelosi's remarks wasn't the only dispute Tuesday over the propriety of attacks on the House floor.
  — Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2019
• Whether his efforts questioning the propriety of the vote hurts his chances remains to be seen.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2020
• For one long sequence, Hustlers loses its propriety and leers like the wolf in Looney Tunes.
  — Ross Douthat, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
• For this year's Oscars, his choice reflects a sense of propriety and his own take on current trends.
  — Vincent Boucher, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2018
• Though there was no proof to support the claim against the surgeon, the rumor was enough to lend the propriety an air of notoriety.
  — Brie Dyas, House Beautiful, 5 Oct. 2016
• Asked him about the propriety given he’s charged with conspiring to help Egypt.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023
• Following the debaucheries of the male Hanoverians, the court of the 18-year-old maiden was hailed as a model of propriety.
  — Elizabeth Lowry, WSJ, 4 May 2018
• Mama is often more concerned with propriety than the rest of us.
  — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2017
• Mama is often more concerned with propriety than the rest of us.
  — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• The report does not comment on the propriety of accepting such gifts.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
• Be clear and concise, and don’t cross the line of propriety during discussions.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021
• Yet even ethics experts are split on the propriety — and the global health consequences — of Olympic line jumping.
  — New York Times, 28 Feb. 2021
• Many are struggling to decipher where the bounds of propriety lie (handshake or kiss?).
  — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
• The drive for freedom is strong, but the law of gravity — the inertia of propriety, patriarchy and state power — will win in the end.
  — New York Times, 13 May 2021
• In a few months, the duo pushed boundaries of propriety and changed Wonder Woman into tighter, shorter shorts.
  — Diana Martinez, The Atlantic, 7 June 2017
• Now, questions are bubbling about the propriety of the arrangement.
  — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2020
• Whatever the propriety of using the White House in this fashion, each act was intended to smooth over Trump’s rougher edges.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2020
• Why should propriety keep his motormouth stuck in first gear?
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
• And don’t even consider the propriety of a Supreme Court Justice being paraded around a state like a prize trout.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 25 Sep. 2017
• What would stop him: his deep respect for the norms of political propriety?
  — Jim Rutenberg and James Poniewozik, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2016

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024