A proper young man is expected to buy his girlfriend a fancy present and a night on the town.

"He is the proper man for the post of curator."

"I will say, however, that if she takes you, she'll get a proper man."

Therefore the administration of government lies in getting proper men.

Just the thing for us to turn over to the proper man.

He may have been the proper man for this task.

She's not to be blamed if, as I hear, he's more than a proper man in the parts that matter most to women.

After all, they weren't proper men attending to their responsibilities.

My father hasn't found the proper man for me.

"You get out there on the water and be sick like a proper man."