APPROPRIATE in a Sentence

Learn APPROPRIATE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
92 example sentences for APPROPRIATE, such as:
1. Jeans are not appropriate for a formal party.
2. It might be appropriate for him to attend the course.
3. It would not be appropriate for me to discuss that now.
4. A dirty face is not appropriate for the school photograph.
5. Ensure that your diagrams contain the appropriate level of detail.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of APPROPRIATE
appropriate
 v.  give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
 a.  suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
Classic Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1  Mrs. Gradgrind faintly looked at the tongs, as the most appropriate thing her imbecility could think of doing.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV
2  Dresses were made, jewellery was made, cakes and gloves were made, settlements were made, and an extensive assortment of Facts did appropriate honour to the contract.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI
3  And so saying, he reached the harp, and entertained his guest with the following characteristic song, to a sort of derry-down chorus, appropriate to an old English ditty.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  Yet so strict were the laws of their society, that no one ventured to appropriate any part of the booty, which was brought into one common mass, to be at the disposal of their leader.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
5  Even Michaelis almost sun-burned: though sun-cooked is more appropriate to the look of the mass of human flesh.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
6  So ended their discourse, which, for any very appropriate service it could render Fanny, might as well have been spared, for Mrs. Norris had not the smallest intention of taking her.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  To do him justice, however, he did not resolve to appropriate it; for remembering that there was some very good ranting-ground in Frederick, he professed an equal willingness for that.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  The undertaker, who had just put up the shutters of his shop, was making some entries in his day-book by the light of a most appropriate dismal candle, when Mr. Bumble entered.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
9  To Mrs. Yeobright, as soon as she could calmly reflect, there was much likelihood in this, for she could hardly believe that Wildeve would really appropriate money belonging to her son.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 1 The Rencounter by the Pool
10  Then with a red head of hair, and an appropriate dress, I took my station in the business part of the city, ostensibly as a match-seller but really as a beggar.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
11  Then I tried talk, and found that her name was Weena, which, though I don't know what it meant, somehow seemed appropriate enough.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In V
12  I think he hardly knew what he was saying, for when I asked him what business he was in he answered "That's my affair," before he realized that it wasn't the appropriate reply.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  He was left with his singularly appropriate education; the vague contour of Jay Gatsby had filled out to the substantiality of a man.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
14  And your mother has brought on herself a most appropriate punishment.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49
15  Under the circumstances, I felt that Joe could hardly fail to discern in the pale young gentleman, an appropriate passenger to be put into the black velvet coach; therefore, I said nothing of him.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1  The book was written in a style appropriate to the age of the children.
2  Details of the problem will be logged by the Help Desk staff who will then contact the appropriate agency.
3  It might be appropriate for him to attend the course.
4  The furniture strikes a traditional note which is appropriate to its Edwardian setting.
5  Without someone to turn to for advice, making the most appropriate choice can be difficult.
6  The lawyer should ascertain the reasons why the client chose your firm and send an acknowledgement to recommending sources, if appropriate.
7  Further, it may even be appropriate to debate again whether consent is appropriate as the governing concept in the medical-legal context.
8  Ensure that your diagrams contain the appropriate level of detail.
9  It would not be appropriate for me to discuss that now.
10  A dirty face is not appropriate for the school photograph.
11  If satisfied they indicate that an appropriate level of concern exists to justify legal intervention but an order will not automatically follow.
12  Each area of the curriculum should be led by a staff member with appropriate expertise.
13  Jeans are not appropriate for a formal party.
14  I have always said that I would serve the Party in any way it felt appropriate.
15  Theory suggests that an exchange rate change may be the appropriate response to a country specific shock.