Sample Sentences forproprietary (editor-reviewed)
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The company protects its proprietary software with strict security measures.proprietary = owned and controlled
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My employment contract prohibits by sharing proprietary information with people outside of the firm.proprietary = owned by the company
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She came in with such a proprietary haste, and looked around so possessively at the furniture that I wondered if she lived here. (source)proprietary = showing characteristics of ownership
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The pigeon looked back with a decidedly proprietary air.† (source)
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I try to squirm away from him, but he keeps a proprietary arm slung around my hips.† (source)
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She moves about the kitchen with command, in a proprietary way.† (source)
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Ammu grew tired of their proprietary handling of her.† (source)
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The proprietaries justify'd their conduct as well as they could, and I the Assembly's.† (source)
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Before Natalie could object, he pulled the chair away from the table and settled himself proprietarily into it.† (source)
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I've always been a bit proprietary about it.† (source)
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He was otherwise an ingenious, sensible man, a pretty good writer, and a good governor for the people, tho' not for his constituents, the proprietaries, whose instructions he sometimes disregarded.† (source)
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The women prowl the room proprietarily, Neddy fingering through the CD collection, Barbara poking around the laptop computer, while they gently bust on Cedric in the familiar, sometimes affectionate, call and response that they've been at for years.† (source)
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His hold is proprietary and masculine, but he is not a good dancer.† (source)
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I therefore, in 1743, drew up a proposal for establishing an academy; and at that time, thinking the Reverend Mr. Peters, who was out of employ, a fit person to superintend such an institution, I communicated the project to him; but he, having more profitable views in the service of the proprietaries, which succeeded, declin'd the undertaking; and, not knowing another at that time suitable for such a trust, I let the scheme lie a while dormant.† (source)
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I wished Boney and Gilpin were here, had witnessed the proprietary tone of Desi's voice: I know Amy.† (source)
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We bought some old cannon from Boston, but, these not being sufficient, we wrote to England for more, soliciting, at the same time, our proprietaries for some assistance, tho' without much expectation of obtaining it.† (source)
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