propriety

Some play off a character’s propriety, all profit from the actor’s charm — which might be turned to evil ends but remain, for the viewer, you know, charming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

"Models do not understand intent. They do not understand context. They do not understand propriety or right or wrong," she told BBC News.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

An all-suffusing misplaced sense of propriety shouldn’t stop us from seeing the truth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Does it reflect a schism within the military over its propriety?

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025

“Mrs. Weston’s manners,” said Emma, “were always particularly good. Their propriety, simplicity, and elegance, would make them the safest model for any young woman.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

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

Father had warned me that demons sometimes do not have a feeling for the proprieties.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep