How to Use impropriety in a Sentence

impropriety

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  • She was shocked by the young man's impropriety.
  • The judge excused herself from the case to avoid any appearance of impropriety.
  • She was shocked by the impropriety of his behavior.
  • He has been accused of financial improprieties.
  • He has a reputation for impropriety.
  • None of them has ever faced a hint of impropriety with a child.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2020
  • But a lapse of judgment is far from an act of impropriety.
    — Ana Navarro, miamiherald, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Aymond this week confirmed the sequence of events and the impropriety of the letters.
    — Ramon Antonio Vargas, NOLA.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The pair laughed off any suggestion of impropriety when Leviss was found to have stayed over while Madix was out of town.
    — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023
  • That said, if there was impropriety, there should be sanctions even beyond the loss of draft picks.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The city and Salimpour have both denied any impropriety.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Indeed, there have been no claims of impropriety with any of the loans to those companies.
    — Anthony Debarros, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The regrettable impropriety is already in the process of being kept in the family, a wound closed with a kiss.
    — Hannah Gold, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Through a lawyer, the group denied any fiscal impropriety, as did Mr. Rivera.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2021
  • While Adani Group has denied the claims, the suggestions of impropriety have caused the group’s stock values to fall by more than $100 billion.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Atesiano has been accused of improprieties in the past.
    — Eli Rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
  • But in the final year of his second full term — his last on the board — he has been dogged by allegations of impropriety.
    — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The case looked, to all the world, like a crackdown, and proof that Mr. Nazarbayev would no longer tolerate impropriety, even by insiders.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Both the Russian bid and the successful Qatar 2022 bid that was named at the same time were rocked by allegations of bribery and impropriety.
    — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Boards must make extra efforts to avoid any hint of impropriety for the good of the community.
    — Gary Singer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 June 2017
  • Still, said Sessions, Michel’s request for a meeting did not have an air of impropriety on its face.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Hedtler-Gaudette added that sometimes, the appearance of impropriety is worse than the real thing.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The court's code of conduct, which Alito has signed, urges the justices to avoid the mere appearance of bias or impropriety.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 31 May 2024
  • The restaurant, which has two Michelin stars, denied any impropriety in a reply to Williams’ post.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The club has faced accusations of impropriety regarding the use of the fields, but Gemmell said those claims are false.
    — Marialuisa Rincon, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018
  • Moreover, there appears just on the face of the opinions to be significant force to the campaign’s claims of impropriety.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 4 Dec. 2020
  • In 2019, he was given a senior role at the Treasury and placed his wealth in a blind trust to avoid allegations of impropriety.
    — Paul Hannon, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The Bidens have denied any impropriety, although Hunter Biden has said his decision to serve on the board showed poor judgment.
    — WSJ, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Not since Walker had a mayor been so visibly out on the town, or so dismissive of potential conflicts of interest or the appearance of impropriety.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Even before sitting at the nexus of viral success and serious business impropriety, Donaldson has admitted he’s missed the mark sometimes.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024

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