proprieties

Example Sentences

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He was concerned that if he died intestate, his proprieties would not be passed to Li.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

Little Richard was a challenge to 1950s proprieties: to segregation, to musical decorum, to chastity, to straightness.

From New York Times • May 10, 2020

Ms Villiers told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The Prime Minister is very clear that proprieties were observed."

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2019

White says that the song was a declaration that the White Stripes weren’t going to observe punk proprieties.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 5, 2017

Upon arrival in the Himalaya, Pittman appeared to adhere as closely as possible to the proprieties of high society.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer