Sentence examples for as behoves from inspiring English sources

The phrase "as behoves" is correct and usable in written English, though it is somewhat archaic.
It can be used to indicate that something is appropriate or suitable for someone in a particular situation.
Example: "It is a duty that, as behoves a leader, he should act with integrity and transparency."
Alternatives: "as is fitting" or "as is proper".

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When he was good, he was very good indeed, as behoves one of the best actors of his generation - a performer of real substance, power and sophistication.

I have spoken softly, gone my ways softly, all my days, as behoves one who has nothing to say, nowhere to go, and so nothing to gain by being seen or heard.

"I fear great dishonour has been brought on to the Pemberley estate by a murder, and yet I must ensure my upper lip remains stiff as behoves a man of my class.

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But it surely behoves a voice as influential as his to make some assessment of how representative the terrorists' views are.Without this, there is a grave danger of exaggerating the civilisational conflict between Islam and the West.

"The levels of security and scrutiny on a trip such as this behove any member of the travelling press to make sure their credentials are absolutely in order.

As readers, it behoves us to be aware of typography, and Garfield has written a delightful introduction to the art of type.

As such, it behoves the commission to guide new or younger promotional organizations through the matchmaking process to ensure that athletes are safely chosen to engage in competition prior to the pre-bout medical examination.

Steven Oman, senior vice-president at Moody's, said: "It behoves us as investors and as a society to know the true cost of something so that intelligent and constructive policy and investment decisions can be made.

It behoves me as a philosopher to ask: what is the underlying reality?

It surely behoves us as a society to retain those deaths with respect and a degree of reverence.

He says it "behoves us as members of the industry to talk about the PCC and to be critical of the bits that go wrong". Paul [Dacre] knows this, Rusbridger said, joking that he would be "looking for a correction and clarification" in the Daily Mail's new column on page 2. Sly Bailey says the risk system at Trinity Mirror works well.

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