Sentence examples for element of propriety from inspiring English sources

To bring an element of propriety to this ambitious "Bach Cantata Pilgrimage," as the tour is called, the installments were to take place in churches, with each program offering the works that Bach composed for the nearest Sunday or feast in the liturgical year.

McIntyre's austere, ritualistic approach restores some elements of classical propriety – all acts of violence are committed off stage – though it is notable that the actors must exit through one of those sheer chain-link curtains that butchers use to keep flies out in warm weather.

Maintaining an appropriate degree of separation between these elements is complex, but is necessary for reasons of propriety.

It offends his sense of propriety.

At this, Coleridge suffered a rare fit of propriety.

Does that kind of communal voice of propriety still exist?

There was a disregard of the facts and of propriety.

I've never given much thought to the difference between English notions of propriety and Dutch notions of propriety.

The conservatory also reminds visitors of changing views of propriety.

Unauthored, unpredictable, indifferent to human notions of propriety and consequence.

Who can define "current recognised standards of propriety"?