Sentence examples for semblance of propriety from inspiring English sources

Luckily for forensic investigators, though, some of the perpetrators in the armed forces maintained at least some semblance of propriety.

It is about time that this highly individualistic society return to some semblance of propriety and that these so-called trendsetters realize that slob and fashion are diametric opposites.

There is no trust at all in the life political in most parts of Europe – and it is left to the media, often itself reviled for being shallow and biased, to keep a semblance of propriety going.

But without a semblance of propriety, how can we expect to live in a society where mutual respect governs our lives?

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.