"And all this time I'd thought you were worried about the proprieties."

What counted were the proprieties and the union, in that order.

It has to do, rather, with the proprieties of the codes.

I asked when we had finished the proprieties concerning my wife.

Surface smooth, a relief to have the proprieties back again.

But in this case observing the proprieties would cost the enemy nothing.

They were well known for their good observation of the proprieties."

He was arrogant in his power, and careless of the proprieties.

He wondered if it would be a breach of the proprieties to suggest a walk outside.

The girl seemed completely without a maidenly reserve or any sense of the proprieties.

I had never met a God before, and was uncertain about the proprieties. '

Their behavior, as well, soon overflowed the proprieties of Stockholm.

Breach of the proprieties or not, they intended to do everything together this morning insofar as possible.

Nor was it just low culture challenging the proprieties of high culture.

But he was a man for the proprieties.

Maggy had always supposed that one or the other of them was sensitive to the proprieties.

To do so is to offend against the most important of the proprieties of the game.

He had lost all sense of the proprieties.

"So," he said, taking refuge in the proprieties, "any word from the professor?"

They observe the proprieties of the age by staying in separate accommodation.

Her son is betrothed to your daughter, which means the two of you will have to preserve the proprieties for many years to come.

He could understand her chagrin and annoyance, but the proprieties must be observed.

"I'll make Kim my ward; that will satisfy the proprieties."

And if either converse is true the player may be in trouble for breaching the proprieties.

Disregarding the proprieties Harry went in to see her.

But I remember when the sense of propriety was strong.

But all the same, there was such a thing as propriety.

"I understand little of propriety, as some have been good enough to point out."

But after all that had gone before, propriety seemed a small concern.

In the dead of night, personal safety seems more important than propriety.

Questions have been raised about the propriety of the trip.

Further, she understood the propriety of its having been put on her.

"But the board simply could not ignore any question of business propriety."

However, Block sometimes seemed to lack a sense of propriety.

Living with dignity and propriety was a small price to pay for love.

"My staff gave me some questions, and I went with them rather than reflecting on the propriety of doing so."

She is, one has noticed, much caught up in propriety.

My sense of propriety could live with a naked arm.

And perhaps most important, it is alien to his sense of propriety.

"You must have lost all sense of propriety to ask such a question.

"I never thought I'd see the day when you were conscious of propriety."

The Chinese have a strong sense of dignity and propriety.

Still another explanation comes from the very strong sense of Japanese propriety.

"And all this time I'd thought you were worried about the proprieties."

Or they would tell shareholders about the business relationship and let them vote on the propriety.

But as a princess, I must set a perfect example of propriety.

When he made up his mind, proprieties would not deter him.

There is some dispute over the propriety of this action.

For the first time they considered "the propriety of establishing free schools."