be seemly

Example Sentences

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Would it be seemly to have a moment of silence for the Iraqi corpses?

From Time Magazine Archive

I wanted to tell him that I would miss him, but I didn’t think saying such a thing would be seemly.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

I don't think, Prince," Philip began, "that it would be seemly that I--" "Nonsense," the prince interrupted, "we are not at the court of France, thank goodness, and we have no ceremony at Bearn.

From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Why don’t you help Dickey?” whispered Ben from the wings, thinking that it would not be seemly in the ghost of Hamlet’s father to rush on to the stage before his time.

From Left Behind or, Ten Days a Newsboy by Otis, James

Asking a writer or a poet to be seemly and Academic and so on, is like asking an eminent surgeon to be stringently decent.

From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)