In a sentence
Six example sentences with propriety, each labelled with its topic.
The committee questioned the propriety of a minister accepting flights from a firm bidding on the same contract.
Politics
Victorian propriety demanded that a caller leave a card and wait to be received rather than knocking twice.
History
A judge who invests in a company appearing before her raises questions of propriety long before anyone alleges bias.
Law
Auditors questioned the propriety of a fund manager trading the same shares her clients were about to buy.
Finance
Austen's heroines are judged by propriety at every ball, and one unchaperoned walk can cost a reputation.
Literature
The board debated the propriety of the chief executive hiring his daughter's firm to redesign the offices.
Business
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- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)
- Barron's 333 GRE High-Frequency Words
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)
- PrepScholar 357 GRE Words
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE Words
- PowerScore GRE Repeat Offenders (699)
- GregMat 960 GRE Words
- SparkNotes 1000 SAT Words
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