Sentence examples for on propriety from inspiring English sources

Mencius is rejecting the analogy between compromising on ritual propriety to save the country and compromising on propriety to save one's sister-in-law.

(The prohibition on propriety trading was championed by Democrats).

"One of the dangers is that emphasis on propriety and good can be constricting.

"Boring" is her shorthand for anything that reeks of orthodoxy, earnestness, an overemphasis on propriety.

Ms. Danson is uncompromising as the careworn Ms. Priam, who sometimes insists on propriety and sometimes flips her kids the bird.

The sardonic smile she wears as Wilma liberates cash from bankers and swells and other suckers is a thing of beauty: unrepentant appetite taking its well-earned revenge on propriety.

We admore Miss Mittelman for insistence on proprieties, but we can't help feeling that she has set a dangerous example.

"Tuesday 4 P.M. Committee of the Historical Society on the Library, on the propriety of establishing a reading room".

"No matter one's opinions on the propriety of the charges against her, we should all agree Winner should be released on bail pending trial.

On CNBC on Thursday, when an interviewer pressed Mr. Trump on the propriety of claiming that Mr. Obama had founded the Islamic State, Mr. Trump said it was "absolutely" the case and added: "Is there something wrong with saying that?

Politicians from both parties opined on the propriety of the Fund and on what Nixon should do, most in accord with their political affiliation.