Let enough negative thoughts or improper thoughts get into the human mind and the person sinks just like a ship.    From LearnThat.org.  [Alfred Montapert, American motivational writer.]

Slightly improper to dine alone with a married man.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

"They are what you call improper, eh?" she laughed, referring to the tales.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel] Reference

Board members cited what they called improper, unprofessional and poor judgment in the performance of her job.    From Wordnik.com.  [detnews.com - Metro-State] Reference

The board on Thursday voted 6-4 to reprimand Calloway for what it called improper, unprofessional and poor judgment.    From Wordnik.com.  [detnews.com - Metro-State] Reference

Quantity and Quality, which are proper and intrinsic, and those in the other six categories, excluding Relation, which he calls improper and extrinsic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius] Reference

The recordings show Fisher repeatedly complained to Floyd - his supervisor - about what he termed improper and unethical behavior within the public safety department.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheState.com: The Buzz] Reference

Critics say that could result in improper foreclosures.    From Wordnik.com.  [BofA Halts Foreclosures] Reference

She has nearly finished Colburn's mental arithmetic, her last work being in improper fractions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of My Life] Reference

What makes the gain improper, other than the fact that the government has decided to make it illegal?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Kansas Now Allows Threat of Deadly Force in Self-Defense, and Not Just Use of Such Force] Reference

NY PERB holds notices of claim are no longer required in improper practice cases against Boards of Education.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New York Legal Blog Round Up] Reference

As we have said, many orchids need an anual resting period that, if not observed, will result in improper or no flowering at all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orchids of Mexico] Reference

Prosecutors have alleged Mr. Rajaratnam was at the center of an insider-trading ring that generated millions of dollars in improper trades.    From Wordnik.com.  [Court Backs Challenge to Galleon Wiretaps] Reference

The chambers of the heart become stiff, resulting in improper heart muscle relaxation, so that your child's heart cannot fill with blood adequately.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiomyopathy] Reference

But opponents say the bill goes further, prohibiting elective abortion coverage by private insurers, a move they call improper meddling in private health care.    From Wordnik.com.  [WAFB - Local News] Reference

They are not only "improper" - they're CRIMINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference

He knew also that it was indeed "improper" -not wrong, just improper.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Garden of Rama]

ESPN studios, a so-called improper benefit akin to a traffic violation.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

SUMAIDAIE: I don't believe it could be described as improper interference.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2006] Reference

In other words, no medieval philosopher countenances what contemporary mereologists call improper parts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medieval Mereology] Reference

A law that’s necessary but improper is just as unconstitutional as a law that’s both unnecessary and improper.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Charles Fried on the Constitutionality of the Health Care Mandate] Reference

“sweated through suffering,” and telling her that there was nothing in it improper — he used the English word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balzac] Reference

Mr. Blagojevich’s lawyer says the report contains evidence that the governor did not engage in improper activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Early Word: Obama and Israel - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

An aide to Swedish industrialist Peter Wallenberg on Monday described as improper hints by the African National Congress.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Otherwise, the city either denies or says it has no knowledge of what Bickford calls improper responses by city officials.    From Wordnik.com.  [tcpalm.com Stories] Reference

"Let me give you just one example, this is a long recognized but long tolerated problem called improper payments," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forex TV.com - Forex News] Reference

"As Ms Carles did not stand to gain a personal benefit from the alleged arrangement, her actions could not be described as improper," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

I’ve found that 90% of the issues surrounding advanced analytics (Conversion Only or Full Analytics) have resulted in improper implementations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo Panama Comes to the UK – Nearly] Reference

The speaker of the House was told a congressman was sending what can only be described as improper e-mails to a 16-year-old page and he doesn't remember?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2006] Reference

Option backdating, Marmaro said, stemmed from a widespread misreading of 1972 accounting guidelines and wasn't clearly defined as improper until late 2005.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Mr McArdle told parliament in 2008 the matters had been investigated by the Queensland Law Society and he had been exonerated from "any activity that could be called improper".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

Goldman Sachs admits 'improper' actions in sales of securities investment titan Goldman Sachs acknowledged Wednesday that his company engaged in "improper" behavior when it made.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

Q Do we know what he meant by the word "improper"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference

He called your alleged flirting with other women's men as "improper" and "low.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2002] Reference

Sure, it's all very well to talk about deselection, but who will decide when a Labour MP's expense claims have been "improper"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference