Sentences with proper
prop·er
P p - Two out of five people lack a proper job.
- The Supreme Court will ensure that the proper procedures have been followed.
- In those days it was not thought entirely proper for a woman to be on the stage.
- A distinction must be made between archaeology proper and science-based archaeology.
- In its proper place
- His claim is connected with the deed proper
- I felt a proper fool
- Three martlets proper
- The proper tool for a job
- Weather proper to April
- A proper spelling
- proper modesty
- “the proper Bostonians”
- The population of Chicago proper (i.e., apart from its suburbs)
- A proper scoundrel
- “Donald,” “Rover,” and “Boston” are proper nouns, sometimes called proper names
- The proper time to plant strawberries.
- A very proper young man.
- It was only proper to bring a gift.
- The proper place for a stove.
- Shellfish do not belong to the fishes proper. Is the school within Boston proper or in the suburbs?
- A proper adjective.
- A proper thrashing.
- The proper introit.
- An oak tree proper.