Sentence examples for rather proper from inspiring English sources

The bride, Beryl, from a rather proper family, had planned her wedding carefully, following all the advice in the women's magazines.

I tried to think of her as somebody exhausted by child-rearing, by grief – she had lost one child – and yet she had to keep up this really rather proper business of being Mrs Charles Dickens.

Her mother went to Sussex University and has a middle-class background, hence Caitlin's rather proper tones, though she is fond of saying she is just a fat tart from the Midlands.

Therefore, it should not be treated as an illness requiring 'cures', but rather proper maintenance and care to prevent discomfort or other harmful occurrences.

Bill and Esther, a rather proper-looking couple in their early 40's, came to see me after being referred by Bill's family doctor.

"Many are using cellars rather than proper cold storage units".

The Intek Inc study for the EIA had relied largely on oil industry claims, rather than proper data.

The recent announcement of the HS3 links across the north shows a "piecemeal" approach rather than proper planning, it says.

Kolb was frantic in the pocket and relied too much on scrambling rather than proper pocket mobility.

Retirement plans for priests are typically set up as diocesan trusts rather than proper pension funds with structured benefits.

The "father of the Constitution" was, alas, a rather dull, proper Virginia squire whose ideas sparkled far more than his domestic life or public persona.