Examples of “proper” in a Sentence

adj Right, fitting, or appropriate for a given purpose or situation.

• Make sure you're wearing the proper safety gear before entering the site.
• This isn't the proper way to hold a violin bow.
• Please fill in the proper form before you hand your application to the office.

adj Following accepted standards of behavior or manners; correct and decorous.

• She was always polite and proper at formal dinners.
• He thought it wasn't proper to start eating before the host had sat down.
• Their grandmother insisted on proper manners at the table, even on ordinary days.

adj Belonging specifically and exclusively to a particular person or thing; used especially in "proper noun" for the name of a specific person, place, or thing.

• London" is a proper noun, while "city" is not.
• The problem lies within the system proper, not its surrounding parts.
• In the sentence, "Paris" is a proper noun and so it begins with a capital letter.