How to Use impropriety in a Sentence

impropriety

noun

• She was shocked by the young man's impropriety.
• The judge excused herself from the case to avoid any appearance of impropriety.
• She was shocked by the impropriety of his behavior.
• He has been accused of financial improprieties.
• He has a reputation for impropriety.
• None of them has ever faced a hint of impropriety with a child.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2020
• But a lapse of judgment is far from an act of impropriety.
  — Ana Navarro, miamiherald, 23 Apr. 2018
• Aymond this week confirmed the sequence of events and the impropriety of the letters.
  — Ramon Antonio Vargas, NOLA.com, 5 Oct. 2020
• The pair laughed off any suggestion of impropriety when Leviss was found to have stayed over while Madix was out of town.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023
• That said, if there was impropriety, there should be sanctions even beyond the loss of draft picks.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Jan. 2018
• The city and Salimpour have both denied any impropriety.
  — Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2021
• Indeed, there have been no claims of impropriety with any of the loans to those companies.
  — Anthony Debarros, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020
• The regrettable impropriety is already in the process of being kept in the family, a wound closed with a kiss.
  — Hannah Gold, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2022
• Through a lawyer, the group denied any fiscal impropriety, as did Mr. Rivera.
  — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2021
• While Adani Group has denied the claims, the suggestions of impropriety have caused the group’s stock values to fall by more than $100 billion.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Feb. 2023
• Atesiano has been accused of improprieties in the past.
  — Eli Rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
• But in the final year of his second full term — his last on the board — he has been dogged by allegations of impropriety.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• The case looked, to all the world, like a crackdown, and proof that Mr. Nazarbayev would no longer tolerate impropriety, even by insiders.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2017
• Both the Russian bid and the successful Qatar 2022 bid that was named at the same time were rocked by allegations of bribery and impropriety.
  — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2018
• Boards must make extra efforts to avoid any hint of impropriety for the good of the community.
  — Gary Singer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 June 2017
• Still, said Sessions, Michel’s request for a meeting did not have an air of impropriety on its face.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 19 Apr. 2023
• Hedtler-Gaudette added that sometimes, the appearance of impropriety is worse than the real thing.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2020
• The court's code of conduct, which Alito has signed, urges the justices to avoid the mere appearance of bias or impropriety.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 31 May 2024
• The restaurant, which has two Michelin stars, denied any impropriety in a reply to Williams’ post.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
• The club has faced accusations of impropriety regarding the use of the fields, but Gemmell said those claims are false.
  — Marialuisa Rincon, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018
• Moreover, there appears just on the face of the opinions to be significant force to the campaign’s claims of impropriety.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 4 Dec. 2020
• In 2019, he was given a senior role at the Treasury and placed his wealth in a blind trust to avoid allegations of impropriety.
  — Paul Hannon, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
• The Bidens have denied any impropriety, although Hunter Biden has said his decision to serve on the board showed poor judgment.
  — WSJ, 28 Aug. 2020
• Not since Walker had a mayor been so visibly out on the town, or so dismissive of potential conflicts of interest or the appearance of impropriety.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2024
• Even before sitting at the nexus of viral success and serious business impropriety, Donaldson has admitted he’s missed the mark sometimes.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024