How to Use impropriety in a Sentence

impropriety

noun
  • 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
  • That said, if there was impropriety, there should be sanctions even beyond the loss of draft picks.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • This avoids any appearance of bias or impropriety on their part.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2024
  • Indeed, there have been no claims of impropriety with any of the loans to those companies.
    — Anthony Debarros, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The appearance of impropriety, or worse, is too great.
    — Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • As for men who worry about even the perception of impropriety?
    — Laura Bradley, vanityfair.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The bill for all that impropriety will exceed $27 billion this year.
    — Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Aymond this week confirmed the sequence of events and the impropriety of the letters.
    — Ramon Antonio Vargas, NOLA.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • Strecker said, adding that there are no claims of impropriety against the university.
    — Beau Evans, nola.com, 5 June 2019
  • The review didn't indicate any impropriety in how the money was spent.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2022
  • Any student accused of impropriety comes before a jury of their peers.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
  • 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 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
  • Swalwell was was not accused of impropriety.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • There was no legal impropriety.
    — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • 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 fund was audited and pronounced legal, but the odor of impropriety remained.
    — Ash Carter, Town & Country, 26 Dec. 2012
  • The judge denied an earlier motion to dismiss due to improprieties in the grand jury process.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 June 2024
  • Protect yourself at the first sign of coercion or impropriety.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Hollingsworth said Goss has stayed uninvolved to avoid the appearance of impropriety.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 16 June 2021
  • The judge denied an earlier motion to dismiss the case for alleged improprieties in the grand jury process.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 June 2024
  • Blaylock denied any impropriety in a statement to Sportico last month.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 Dec. 2025

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