Sentence examples for seem improper from inspiring English sources

Although both acts seem improper, they also seem quite petty.

Arthur Levitt, the former chairman of the S.E.C., said that although Mr. Spitzer's more aggressive stance and tone may seem improper to some regulators in Washington, it reflects the sinking attitudes of investors.

It would seem improper to speak of fidelity to oneself in the sense that Marcel uses the term.

To those in the West, where you can secure a deal through formal meetings even if you don't know someone, this "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" way of doing business can seem improper.

If one thinks that law is a many splendored thing, one will be tempted by a very wide concept of law, for it would seem improper to charge others with missing out.

Selecting for reduced feed intake alone may be equivalent as producers would inherently select for increased weaning weight but the notion of selecting for reduced feed intake (if selection pressure was left to the producer) may seem improper especially when there is a 'feed for fertility' mantra in existence.

It seemed improper for Grant to help her.

It was huge, Smoltz said, and added that it seemed improper to use that word to describe a game on April 17.

He has always declined to reveal his real name because Uncle Phaedrus is a "character I created for the Web site over a decade ago, and it seems improper to give away his secret identity".

The judge, John Goger of Fulton County Superior Court, said the appointment seemed improper because Mr. Campbell had named Cheryl Cofield-Fortoto a four-year term as a municipal judge even though she was not on a short list submitted by the city's judicial commission.

But since there is subtext here, and lines lifted from the film ("Women can always be talked into being unhappy" is one), it seems improper to give away a psychologically interesting story when, eventually, it may come as a surprise to people who see the show.