| 1. | John, saw impropriety in my inconsiderateness. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 2. | Elizabeth, however, had never been blind to the impropriety of her father's behaviour as a husband. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 3. | Jennings are to be the proof of impropriety in conduct, we are all offending every moment of our lives. - from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
| 4. | The lady modestly hesitated to reply, lest there should be any impropriety in holding an interview with Mr. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 5. | I should hold myself guilty of greater impropriety in accepting a horse from my brother, than from Willoughby. - from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
| 6. | Dabney, the year before, had given them at this occasion a scolding on impropriety of behavior at lyceum lectures. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 7. | She was _now_ struck with the impropriety of such communications to a stranger, and wondered it had escaped her before. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 8. | I sometimes even have doubts of the existence of God," Levin could not help saying, and he was horrified at the impropriety of what he was saying. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| 9. | The present crisis, indeed, seemed to be brought on by them and those misunderstandings might very possibly arise from the impropriety of his conduct.. - from Emma by Jane Austen |