9 Metaphors for propriety

Propriety is to him enough cause of dislike; each thing pleases him better that is not his own.

"[C] The propriety of this arrangement is not the matter of dispute between the Princeton professor and ourselves.

But, after all, propriety is a question de localité.

The propriety of a past action is as proper a subject of remark as that of a future one; the explanatory phrase here introduced has therefore nothing to do with Priestley's distinction, or with the alleged ambiguity.

Likewise al the land of that region is possessed in common, so that there is not mine and thine, or any propriety of possession in the diuision of lands: howbeit euery man hath is owne house peculiar vnto himselfe.

Propriety of Words is the cloathing of these Thoughts with such Expressions as are naturally proper to them.

If the same expression be found in the Ode to Howard, let it however be considered, that the exact propriety of that image to wash it from the face (for how else, candid reader, could a tear already clotted be removed) is a clear improvement, and certainly entitles the author to a repetition.

Supposing the South and the North to have had equal and conflicting rights in the national domain, and supposing that there was need of some arbiter, and remembering that Congress undertook the duties of arbiter and decided that the division under the Missouri Compromise gave each section its rightful share,then, with what propriety can the South, after occupying its own share, call for a portion in the share allotted to the North?

"Because propriety is their god from one generation to another.

9 Metaphors for  propriety