Words similar to proper

Example sentences for: proper

How can you use “proper” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He remained, Newsweek wrote in a typical review, "careless of the record, heedless of the proper limits of power, unable to plead guilty to anything much worse than 'screwing up' and coming no closer in history to that final absolution in history he seeks."
"I don't think a church would be the proper place to use the word I would have to use in discussing that," he said.
A proper language should click along like a Swiss watch, doing its job in a no-nonsense way.
After all, both Parvez and the call girl Bettina are playing by capitalism's rules, trying to get a foothold in a society that closely guards access to its more "proper" ladders to the top.
The court ordered that before the sale of an elephant is completed, the would-be owner must convince a state-appointed official that the elephant will be given suitable shelter, enough food, proper health care, and plenty of love.