Sentence examples for proper to a from inspiring English sources

But, with the humility proper to a novice, she uses the word chef carefully and doesn't consider herself one -- yet.

To recycle, to squeeze every last droplet of usage out of everything seems right and proper to a child.

He felt that his father had everything to impart, as he had everything to learn, of the discipline, humility, and humor proper to a man.

As long ago as 1846, the qualities proper to a specifically modern art were discussed by the French writer Charles Baudelaire in an essay on the French Salon.

"Yeah?" he says with the wariness proper to a hunkypants who gets all kinds of weird from fans all the time.

Scrolling through online histories of toasters, one learns that they don't reach the level of ornament proper to a noble house until circa 1920.

It was legal and proper to have a referendum.

When is it proper to serve a meal on paper plates?

Ofcom is also looking into whether BSkyB is fit and proper to hold a broadcasting license.

It certainly would be proper to send a gift, even several months after the wedding.

It's also proper to offer a meal to your house guests.