be proper

Example Sentences

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Home Office Minister Sarah Dines said it would provide "basic but proper accommodation" and would send "a forceful message that there will be proper accommodation but not luxurious".

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023

On Monday, Sarah Dines, a Home Office minister, described the barge as “basic but proper” and said that it would send “a forceful message that there will be proper accommodation but not luxurious.”

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023

"There has to be justice for this. There has to be justice in The Hague and there has to be proper reparation in the rebuilding of Ukraine," he said.

From Reuters • Feb. 16, 2023

No farewell to Roggin would be proper without an acknowledgment of the significant role he played in revitalizing the nightly local sportscast here and elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2023

There were some grapes and some peculiar-looking stones with holes in ’em and some real pretty marbles and some rocks that looked a little too light to be proper chunking stones.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis