Impropriety

Examples

• Elizabeth, however, had never been blind to the impropriety of her father's behaviour as a husband. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I was conscious of an impropriety in my disputing with a military man in matters of his profession, and said no more. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• On my pointing out the great impropriety of the word, especially in connexion with his parent (for he added sulkily By her! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I should hold myself guilty of greater impropriety in accepting a horse from my brother, than from Willoughby. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I do not like you to rest even under the shadow of an impropriety; he would not know what to think of seeing you alone with a young man. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I can imagine that the one may have weighty reasons, which may and ought to make her overlook any seeming Impropriety in her conduct. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• There was no impropriety that I could discover in her taking this course. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I did not suspect the Count of any impropriety--I knew his moral character too well. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The necessity of these temporary statutes sufficiently demonstrates the impropriety of this general one. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It was the abode of noise, disorder, and impropriety. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The lady modestly hesitated to reply, lest there should be any impropriety in holding an interview with Mr. Bumble, with closed doors. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She was _now_ struck with the impropriety of such communications to a stranger, and wondered it had escaped her before. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• It was not until it had been twice repeated, each time in a shriller tone, that he became conscious of the impropriety of his behaviour. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We use the term 'feudal system' for convenience' sake, but with a degree of impropriety if it conveys the meaning 'systematic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Perhaps I had too rashly over-leaped conventionalities; and he, like St. John, saw impropriety in my inconsiderateness. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• This was the sum of my speech, delivered with great improprieties and hesitation. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I committed both those improprieties. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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