be proper

Example Sentences

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“There has to be proper security, vetting for folks coming in from other countries,” Padilla agreed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

For filler and the "myriad of other products that are out there", Dr Hoo thinks there should be "proper training".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025

“Since I do not believe my impartiality can reasonably be questioned, I do not think it would be proper for me to recuse,” he wrote.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

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

One of them is a banty hen we call Hawk, and since she is at least partially a creature of the woods it might be proper to tell about her here.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen