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Example sentences for "proper order"

  • Spreading out a sacrifice' means 'spreading out the articles and placing them in proper order in view of the sacrifice.

  • I shall also set forth in their due order what garlands are agreeable to the Rakshasas, what to the Uragas, what to the Yakshas, what to human beings, and what to the Pitris, in proper order.

  • Yudhishthira with his brothers duly worshipped those high-souled Rishis who had come there, one after another in proper order.

  • To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.

  • Alexander himself was the first to land, and he at once took the cavalry as they kept on landing from his own and the other thirty-oared galleys, and drew them up in proper order.

  • Now, when Alexander saw that his own men were in flight, and that the Thebans had broken their ranks in pursuit, he attacked them with his phalanx drawn up in proper order, and drove them back within the gates.

  • To keep their coats in proper order, they must be gently combed and brushed at least every other day, care being taken to pull as little wool out as possible.

  • Having got the board in proper position, with its white square at the bottom right-hand corner, the next thing is to set up the men in proper order.

  • The other dates will be mentioned in proper order, with each particular event.

  • Providence, and the batteries of that river are to be placed by us in proper order.

  • On Observing a Proper Order in the Development of the Mental Faculties VI.

  • You are prepared to teach a lesson when you have all the facts and ideas in it at your tongue's end, so that you can go through them all, in proper order, without once referring to the book.

  • Pao-yü watched Ch'ing Wen and She Yüeh get all her belongings in proper order.

  • I'll begin from our venerable mistress and follow down in proper order until I come to old goody Liu, when I shall stop.

  • Dowager lady Chia, at this, grew more exultant than ever, and she issued immediate directions for servants to go and sweep and put things in proper order.

  • I am depending upon your keeping things in proper order while I'm away.

  • Objection 1: It would seem that the ten precepts of the decalogue are not set in proper order.

  • Whether the Ten Precepts of the Decalogue Are Set in Proper Order?

  • Therefore the precepts of the decalogue are not set in proper order.

  • This will be apparent if we bear in mind that, when 260 days with their numbers attached have been written down in proper order as a series, we have therein all the possible combinations of days and numbers.

  • The frequent occurrence in connection and in proper order of both the first and the terminal days of the year apparently refers to the same system.

  • If these are scattered through the text they may be allowed to stay there, but if they are grouped together at the end of each number they should be placed together in proper order at the end of the complete volume.

  • Examine volumes for completeness; see that all numbers of periodicals are included and arranged in proper order.

  • But while collation is generally unnecessary, arrangement in proper order is essential.

  • The joke was too much for the sensitive mother; she wrung her breast, tore her hair, and refused to be consoled until the son repeated the song in proper order, i.

  • To put to rights, to arrange in proper order; to settle or compose rightly.

  • Out of order, not in proper order; disarranged; in confusion.

  • When the above is done, arrange all the plants in proper order, and syringe them clean; but if there are any of the Green-fly, they must be fumigated previous to syringing.

  • Bulbous roots of every character delight in deep free soil; consequently, wherever they are desired to be planted, due attention must be paid to put the soil in proper order, to have them in perfection.

  • Keep the cisterns clean and in proper order, and keep the structure of ashpit in proper order.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "proper order" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being married; but being; horse thief; more trouble; orphan asylum; proper amount; proper attention; proper condition; proper division; proper manner; proper motion; proper motions; proper noun; proper object; proper place; proper position; proper thickness; properly called; properly managed; properly understood; properly used; property rights; said deliberately; should like very much; talk much; think will