How to Use "propriety" with Example Sentences

1. Standards for propriety are higher now in europe and in some asian countries .

2. The recent series of events surrounding my travel and retirement plans have brought the issues of transparency and propriety into sharp focus .

3. But it is precisely because , at the margin , judgments of fitness and propriety are often subjective and moveable that business leaders should set their sights higher .

4. Not only are there conflicting claims as to who owns what , but a lively global debate rages over what constitutes an invention or original work , as well as the wisdom and propriety of - and need for - such protections in the first place .

5. High-minded journalism , of the sort found at the times , the new york tribune , or the associated press , disdained the traditions of the gilded age yellow newspapers and their tabloid successors in favor of fairness , professionalism , and propriety .