Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.    From LearnThat.org.  [Frederick Douglass (1817-1895), US black lecturer, writer, founded and edited North Star, an abolitionist paper.]

Everything in its proper place.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Wanted a proper dinner.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The city proper.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

proper medical treatment.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Boswell's conversation with the King about the title proper to be given to the Young Pretender.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Johnson]

“This is what I call a proper country-house,” said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modeste Mignon] Reference

Now, this is what I call proper spending of the defence budget.    From Wordnik.com.  [Santa Claus is coming to town: US radar tracks his progress] Reference

It included metaphor and what he called proper proportionality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medieval Theories of Analogy] Reference

Page 51 teach my master what he called the proper way to treat me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery iv, 111 p., ill.] Reference

Collembola, about 1 mm. Now that's what I call a proper spring day!.    From Wordnik.com.  [BC Bloggers] Reference

For the record I have never wanted to be what you call a proper journalist.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Record Week for This Blog] Reference

It ain't what I call proper poetry, if you understand me: just a bit of nonsense.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fellowship of the Ring]

I think of what you termed a proper perfume -to me is simply a "perfume" not a smell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Divine by Divine and thoughts on Proper Perfume] Reference

Joe, who used to live in "proper" cities and left, want Seattle to be more like them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redefining Self-Sufficiency « PubliCola] Reference

GOLDBERG: I think he was actually trying to make what I call the proper white man's point.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2007] Reference

When an Englishman used the word proper, he could only mean one thing—another Englishman.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Devil Wears Plaid] Reference

Sapu, he said, had for three years been working for what he called a proper affirmative action policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"Now that's what I call a proper book!" said Sir Toady, hastily rolling himself out of the way of being kicked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference

At that time England was beginning to initiate a new method for what it called the proper government of Ireland.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish] Reference

In some few cases the naval and, military usages were both discarded in favour of a new term proper to the air force.    From Wordnik.com.  [The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force] Reference

We must remember that Arabia proper is a feudalistic state, or perhaps more accurately a mediaeval absolute monarchy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine and the Middle East] Reference

I live in Victoria, but not in Victoria proper (the central part of the city). "proper" is a convenient term to denote The Actual Function.    From Wordnik.com.  [[Programming] The Proper naming pattern: Extract the guts of foo() into fooProper()] Reference

"What would you call proper care?" asked Catherine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance] Reference

After screening players must maintain proper floor balance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Motion Out | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference

I'm not number one … YOU are! interested in proper agent advice?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The ‘reply-all’ and other office pet-peeves | Sync Blog] Reference

I REALLY want to write down all the dialogue and put it in proper order.    From Wordnik.com.  [shitty sci-fi* movie roundup: bash it up, bash it up, bash it up] Reference

For instance, she called a proper British lavatory a lowly toilet, Kiran.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2007] Reference

Using a dedicated IRC client and the IRC protocol proper is much cleaner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Google Wave “Is What Email Would Look Like If It Were Invented Today” | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

And what do you call the proper physical feelings, if you are not in love?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Captain's Doll] Reference

` ` Even if I can't see the puck, I'm usually in proper position and it hits me. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

At least Obama knows how to speak clearly (and in proper English, too!) and argue well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » CPAC Speakers Bash Obama’s Use Of A Teleprompter — While Standing In Front Of A Teleprompter] Reference

I believe in proper decorum in the court room which includes appropriate business dress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toe Cleavage: Offensive to the Legal Profession?] Reference

He made sure the grass stains on his pant legs were in proper order throughout the movie.    From Wordnik.com.  [A League of Their Own is best flick] Reference

By not grounding it, he has to maintain proper pressure or the club would drop to the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Who could overtake Tiger? Only the big stars] Reference

Relationship advice What are some sweet things to say to your partner in Spanish, proper Spanish?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference

If you pratice enough, have your weapon zeroed in proper, take the proper shot, then one shot is all you need.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why You Should Practice Your Offhand Shot] Reference

Would we have God's messengers, the ministers of his gospel, to bring a word proper for us, and for our instruction?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)] Reference

Hey, we're just trying to do our best with the tangled mess of Germanic and Romance influences you call a proper language!.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference

An object, instead of being affirmed to be what it only resembles, is introduced by the name proper only to that resemblance.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse] Reference

He smoothed his face to the expression proper to a person unsurprised, dealing imperturbably with what he had long ago foreseen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Creators A Comedy] Reference