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

"That wouldn't be seemly, because our mayor is expected to attend in church on Roundabout Sunday."

From Rachel Ray by Trollope, Anthony

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 was an inconsistency in Agatha’s prudish nature to consider that men might do things which could not be tolerated in the other sex, and that whatever William did must of necessity be seemly.

From Imprudence by Young, F.E. Mills