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

They cry out in print, since it would no longer be seemly for them to shriek at the pitch of their voices, or to set off running, violently, or to leap high in the air.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

Article XI of the code: Non decet amare quarum pudor est nuptias affectare,—It is not seemly to love one whom it would not be seemly to marry, is one of the pivots of modern ethics.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar

"It would not be seemly to tell, now, that I saw Classicus' green and gold garment exposed in a usurer's shop."

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth