How to Use proper in a Sentence

proper

1 of 3 adjective

• It is not proper to speak that way.
• Is this the proper spelling of your name?
• Each step must be done in the proper order.
• You need to eat a proper meal instead of junk food.
• She is a very prim and proper young lady.
• It would not be proper for you to borrow the ladder without asking first.
• The children need to learn proper behavior.
• Where is the proper place for a lady to keep her purse at home?
  — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 8 July 2023
• The three eyases, the proper term for falcon chicks, took their first steps out of the nest in mid-June.
  — Annasofia Scheve, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
• But the four of us coexist in this film as proper leads.
  — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• The point is, cities have to pay close attention, and have the proper bandwidth.
  — Bill Kearney, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
• Then in 2025, return in full force with the proper Stick follow-up.
  — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2024
• Speaking of which, a jade plant can live for decades with proper jade plant care.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2023
• Smash some of those beans and mix it back in for the proper consistency.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2023
• From the air, the scene looks like a death sentence for anyone without the proper training and gear.
  — Rosa Flores, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
• And when given proper care, betta fish can live for a while.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
• What made casual pieces like these feel like the proper route?
  — Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
• Will the Jack finally make its proper debut thanks to a healthy Mitchell Melton?
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
• That’s a plus, but the camp lacks proper shelter and sanitation, and food is scarce.
  — Time, 6 Oct. 2023
• Wire mesh within the planter allows for proper drainage to keep your plants thriving.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• The bass is more of a presence than a proper line, burning in smudge pots somewhere nearby.
  — Pitchfork, 7 Dec. 2023
• For proper care, the brand recommends hand washing the bra in cold water.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• This is the first time most people will be seeing David Dastmalchian in a proper lead role.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023
• Like front squats, your core and quads will be forced to compensate for the position of the load to stay in the proper posture and keep the weight from pulling you forward.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 July 2023
• The yardage still doesn’t do Pittsburgh’s offense the proper injustice.
  — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
• Another way to pay less is to share your subscriptions - in the proper, legal way, of course.
  — Heather Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
• When the wearer turns his head in a specific direction, the wires feed the helmet the proper camera footage.
  — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
• In a featurette for the film, the actress emphasized the importance of her proper footwork.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• The manager had an employee move the items to proper storage.
  — Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
• That’s because there’s a strong emphasis on proper form, mind-body connection, and core stability.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 9 Apr. 2024

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proper

2 of 3 noun

• My next guest says the Mueller proper should keep going.
  — Fox News, 20 May 2018
• The city proper lies north of the freeway, though two Quartzsite businesses are shown in the film.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2021
• But there’s not enough of that kind of thing once the story proper gets going.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2021
• The bar, dancefloor, and club proper occupied the ground floor.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2021
• Does this mean Venom will appear in that movie, or even in the MCU proper?
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2021
• The chicken house proper should have five or six square feet per chicken.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022
• Oklahoma City proper spiked to 110 degrees for the first in a decade on Tuesday.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 18 July 2022
• Oklahoma City proper spiked to 110 degrees for the first time in a decade on Tuesday.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2022
• This year, Valentine’s Day proper fell on a workweek night and a friend’s birthday.
  — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2022
• Eventually, the teachers made their way to a back room, called the archive proper.
  — al, 14 July 2022
• Renters who live in Dallas proper can apply to the resources below.
  — Dom Difurio, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2021
• In Hartford proper, Brainard Airport had a high of 79 degrees.
  — Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2022
• Right now, even ahead of Prime Day proper, there are several brands available for great prices.
  — Brittany Vincent, SELF, 22 June 2022
• View full post on Instagram Fans hit the comments section big time to give the singer major propers for her looks.
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 11 June 2023
• The researchers suspect that the huge amount of water in the eruption proper kept a lot of the sulfur dioxide from ever reaching the stratosphere.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2022
• This area is surrounded by bespoke desks by Very Good and Proper that are topped with library-style desk lamps.
  — Jenna Milliner-Waddell, ELLE Decor, 12 July 2017
• The scene from the gates of the Château des Alpilles, a short drive from Saint-Rémy proper, looks like a 19th-century architect’s watercolor.
  — Alice Newell-Hanson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2016
• That restaurant, in the former Proper Eats space, isn't scheduled to open until July.
  — Michael Russell, OregonLive.com, 23 June 2017
• The dinner menu can be ordered within the restaurant proper, as well as outdoors and throughout the lobby.
  — Stephanie Breijostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
• After all, the value of Ethereum proper, and its native cryptocurrency Ether, will have nothing to do with the fork.
  — Taylor Locke, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022
• That mirrors the way HBO proper has operated for years.
  — Vulture, 25 Aug. 2022
• The counties outside of Montgomery proper are notable, too.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 20 June 2020
• In Phoenix proper, Deemer said rainfall totals would likely hit between one-tenth and one-quarter of an inch.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2020
• Huntsville proper recently passed Montgomery to become the second largest city in Alabama, and is on pace to become the largest.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 1 Dec. 2019
• This prompts the arrival of upper-middle-management crime figure Del (Esai Morales) and the drama proper.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
• There also is a building adjacent to the restaurant proper that served as a connected lounge and bar; a building that once served as a Bart's Shoes store.
  — Gregory Tejeda, Post-Tribune, 29 May 2017
• Subsequent episodes will be released on FX proper each Thursday and become available to stream the next day on Hulu.
  — ELLE, 26 Mar. 2022
• Fit 411 Red Fleece is known for having a more modern (read: slimmer) fit than Brooks Brothers proper, and this shirt is no exception.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 3 July 2018
• Anyway, Oculus Quest duplicates the more rigid straps of the Rift proper, which is a huge improvement over Go’s flimsy elastic.
  — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 26 Sep. 2018
• The narrative proper begins on Halloween night of its sixth season in 1977, with all pressure to spike ratings only increased by Sweeps Week.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023

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proper

3 of 3 adverb

• They beat us good and proper.
• Around the globe the Jetta will be a lot of somebodies’ first proper, grown-up automobile—a chapter-of-life choice, a fork in the road.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
• To maximize the light in their airy, white room, the couple cut a large square window in the wall between Weiner’s closet and the bedroom proper, allowing light to stream in.
  — Kit Waskom Pollard, baltimoresun.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Many people know Miami proper, especially South Beach, but there’s more to Miami than tanned skin and toned physiques.
  — Danielle Young, The Root, 2 Mar. 2018
• Now the train is chugging into the Douro wine region proper: a land of venerable estates on hills rising precipitously from the riverbank.
  — Paul Ames, CNN, 22 May 2017
• Additionally, families can opt for grander accommodations than the lodge proper by renting from Spruce Peaks’ pool of private residences and mountain cabins.
  — Paul Rubio, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2017
• Liverpool confirmed qualification to the Champions League proper after seeing off Hoffenheim on Wednesday.
  — SI.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• They beat us good and proper.
• Around the globe the Jetta will be a lot of somebodies’ first proper, grown-up automobile—a chapter-of-life choice, a fork in the road.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
• To maximize the light in their airy, white room, the couple cut a large square window in the wall between Weiner’s closet and the bedroom proper, allowing light to stream in.
  — Kit Waskom Pollard, baltimoresun.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Many people know Miami proper, especially South Beach, but there’s more to Miami than tanned skin and toned physiques.
  — Danielle Young, The Root, 2 Mar. 2018
• Now the train is chugging into the Douro wine region proper: a land of venerable estates on hills rising precipitously from the riverbank.
  — Paul Ames, CNN, 22 May 2017
• Additionally, families can opt for grander accommodations than the lodge proper by renting from Spruce Peaks’ pool of private residences and mountain cabins.
  — Paul Rubio, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2017
• Liverpool confirmed qualification to the Champions League proper after seeing off Hoffenheim on Wednesday.
  — SI.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• They beat us good and proper.
• Around the globe the Jetta will be a lot of somebodies’ first proper, grown-up automobile—a chapter-of-life choice, a fork in the road.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
• To maximize the light in their airy, white room, the couple cut a large square window in the wall between Weiner’s closet and the bedroom proper, allowing light to stream in.
  — Kit Waskom Pollard, baltimoresun.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Many people know Miami proper, especially South Beach, but there’s more to Miami than tanned skin and toned physiques.
  — Danielle Young, The Root, 2 Mar. 2018
• Now the train is chugging into the Douro wine region proper: a land of venerable estates on hills rising precipitously from the riverbank.
  — Paul Ames, CNN, 22 May 2017
• Additionally, families can opt for grander accommodations than the lodge proper by renting from Spruce Peaks’ pool of private residences and mountain cabins.
  — Paul Rubio, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2017
• Liverpool confirmed qualification to the Champions League proper after seeing off Hoffenheim on Wednesday.
  — SI.com, 25 Aug. 2017

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024