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
Thee knows a Friend must be seemly to all, and that alone will inform thee that I manifested no alteration in my demeanor.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
I answer that, The manner of Christ's burial is shown to be seemly in three respects.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas
Most of them regarded it as a kind of magical rite into which it would not be seemly to inquire.
From Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth by John Huntley Skrine
