"That seems a little proprietorial of you, darling.". From Wordnik.com. [The Frozen Heart]
And with a proprietorial air Whittaker told the tale. From Wordnik.com. ['The Pregnant Widow'] Reference
He had the proprietorial look of a satisfied sponsor. From Wordnik.com. [between silk and cyanide]
He waved a hand with a sort of proprietorial gesture. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
How typical of a male to make proprietorial assumptions. From Wordnik.com. [bully] Reference
I feel proprietorial on this one, unwarrantedly perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: TERMAGANT.] Reference
Muriel, proprietorial as ever, went with them to the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Murder Room]
Gunnar presented the coast to me with a proprietorial hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
She lifted her arm and held mine in a proprietorial fashion. From Wordnik.com. [When Eight Bells Toll]
Harrison looked around him with an air of proprietorial pride. From Wordnik.com. [Partisans]
William did not like the proprietorial air Waleran was assuming. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
Cornelia heard an unmistakable proprietorial note in the demand. From Wordnik.com. [A Wicked Gentleman] Reference
Cap askew, Spider placed himself before it with proprietorial pride. From Wordnik.com. [The mission song]
He waved his hand with proprietorial pride at the canvas on his wall. From Wordnik.com. [In The Frame]
I didn't like the "there's a good chap" dismissive,proprietorial air. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Trevor McDoughnut Does Satire] Reference
Immediately, he put a proprietorial hand on the woman with the stroller. From Wordnik.com. [The Pursuit of Happiness] Reference
When had Jake taken hold of her arm in that proprietorial, possessive manner?. From Wordnik.com. [Yesterday's Echoes]
With a disgustingly proprietorial gesture, Franco put his arm round her waist. From Wordnik.com. [the dirty duck]
(For a local example of a similar problem with proprietorial ethics, see this.). From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: Stopping the Rot in the US Justice System] Reference
Her voice expressed a proprietorial pride in the vagaries of her country's climate. From Wordnik.com. [The Frozen Heart]
The serving women cooed over the gesture and Margaret beamed in a proprietorial fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
I had become almost proprietorial about the widely denounced #5 political documentary. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
Brother Oswin, left in charge alone, was developing a deft touch and a proprietorial pride. From Wordnik.com. [The Sanctuary Sparrow]
Rowley put a proprietorial arm around Cora's shoulders and at the same time shook Mack's hand. From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
Am now wondering what the world would be like if smiles and politeness were proprietorial too. From Wordnik.com. [Olympic-Class Fauxleros! - A Dress A Day] Reference
The latter strode over to her instantly, and laid his hand with a proprietorial air on her arm. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference
Now the bishop was gesturing at the land all around the castle with a somewhat proprietorial air. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
Soma's hand on his shoulder was proprietorial, almost comradely, as he guided Scame through the doorway. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Wheel]
Charlotte Skouras came and held my other arm, not in quite so proprietorial a fashion, but there for everyone to see. From Wordnik.com. [When Eight Bells Toll]
"That man"Montgomery" 'his mouth turned back in a sneer' -he obviously has some sort of proprietorial claim on you" '. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Virgin]
He looked up the street, down the street, and across the street, smiling all the time -- a proprietorial sort of smile. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
Sam left without saying goodbye, one arm wrapped in proprietorial fashion around Darren's waist, the other wiping an eye. From Wordnik.com. [Whispers Of Betrayal]
She didn't seem to mind; in fact, I gathered she was pleased that I was taking a proprietorial interest in the livestock. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Redskins]
"Let her go": certainly an odd, proprietorial way of regarding a person with whom he'd had no contact, hadn't even exchanged a word. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Silent]
Kurt (Chris Geere), who has a rigidly proprietorial attitude towards his Weetabix. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
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