How to Use appropriate in a Sentence

appropriate

1 of 2 adjective

• Red wine would have been a more appropriate choice with the meal.
• The movie is perfectly appropriate to people of all ages.
• And the name of their school couldn’t be more appropriate.
  — Chelsea Greenwood Lassman, Teen Vogue, 1 Mar. 2018
• Oregon is off next week and the bye might come at the appropriate time.
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2021
• Be sure to purchase a fan that matches the size of the room and is appropriate for the height of the ceiling.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
• The brand states that the test is appropriate for people over two years old.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• The appropriate response is to postpone the next two shows.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2022
• This is not an appropriate amount of pressure to put on young girls.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2017
• Most of the humor is appropriate and breaks the tension of the non-stop battles.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 31 Oct. 2017
• In these times, the grimmest of humor seems all too appropriate.
  — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2020
• Just add your own flavorings and push the button on top to add the appropriate amount of fizz.
  — Wired, 22 June 2021
• Shoes should be appropriate for the terrain and sunscreen should be used and packed.
  — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 July 2018
• That might not be appropriate for some people, and there’s a time and a place.
  — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• At a dinner party, when is the appropriate time to present the hostess with a gift?
  — Southern Living, 12 July 2018
• No dogs are allowed and appropriate footwear is a must.
  — Courant Community, 18 Sep. 2017
• Tap it and you’ll instantly be whisked away to the appropriate screen.
  — Michael Simon, PCWorld, 6 Aug. 2018
• But such comments are not appropriate and need to be called out.
  — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 21 Jan. 2021
• No one gives much thought to whether the same treatment is appropriate for women.
  — Rebecca Nelson, Cosmopolitan, 25 Oct. 2017
• And lingerie is never appropriate as a gift on a first date.
  — A.a. Gill, A-LIST, 4 July 2018
• The play is appropriate for children, who will get a sense of why voting is such a big deal.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2020
• Choose a high-quality grass seed blend that is appropriate for the amount of sun in your lawn.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
• Yet there couldn’t be a more appropriate feature for what has become the face of the franchise.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• As is age appropriate, talk with your kid about why an adult might want a hug or a kiss in greeting.
  — Miriam Foley, Good Housekeeping, 3 Dec. 2018
• Collins laughed when asked if the chess analogy was appropriate in this case.
  — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2022
• In fact this is the kind of case where judicial action is most appropriate.
  — Scott Lemieux, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2018
• Many questioned if giving out awards was appropriate at the time.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2022
• When would be an appropriate time to have this discussion with them?
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2021
• Her parents said a prison sentence of three or four years was appropriate.
  — Stehany Matat, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• One follow-up inquiry is appropriate — but give it a few days to a week and resist the urge to scold.
  — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
• So what makes it, describe why the T word is appropriate.
  — Nr Staff, National Review, 9 Aug. 2019

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appropriate

2 of 2 verb

• The town has appropriated funds to repair the bridge and work should begin this summer.
• The economy has been weakened by corrupt officials who have appropriated the country's resources for their own use.
• Elements of the design were appropriated from other architects.
• The city must appropriate the money to be able to spend it.
  — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• The pair knew Congress would have to appropriate funds to purchase the land.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2020
• Sneak into the kitchen and appropriate the small turkey baster.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2017
• Once more, the wealthy turn the tables by appropriating the clothing of the poor.
  — Shelley Puhak, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2017
• But in terms of taking a work of art and appropriating it with a robot?
  — Marah Eakin, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2023
• Ed Ruscha appropriates the symbol of the car to address the meaning of things.
  — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 9 Apr. 2019
• On each, the plan makes clear that Congress will need to appropriate more money to the cause.
  — Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2022
• Sneak into the kitchen and appropriate the small turkey baster.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2017
• But several states and cities have been slow to appropriate their funds.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
• The first version of the bill to emerge from the House appropriated no money for those programs.
  — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 17 May 2018
• Sign up Congress appropriates all the money and has the power to tax—and to declare war.
  — Norman J. Ornstein, The New Republic, 11 Sep. 2023
• All the while, those same friends would appropriate Black culture.
  — NBC News, 18 Oct. 2020
• The money cannot be used for anything other than what it has been appropriated for.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 26 June 2019
• That is, the world is a gullible circus, dragged down by poseurs who appropriate the false values of show business.
  — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
• There seems to be something delicious for eaters across the spectrum and appropriates the best of what each season seems to offer.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• Congress that year did not appropriate the full amount needed.
  — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
• Some also talked about wearing the dress as a way to appropriate and reclaim a symbol and tradition that was once off limits to them.
  — al.com, 12 July 2019
• For those projects to go forward, Congress would again have to appropriate funding for them.
  — Paul Sonne, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2020
• Congress also must appropriate the funding for the project.
  — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 30 Nov. 2019
• The city has already appropriated the funds necessary to pay for the retention basin.
  — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 28 July 2023
• So does this mean you’re going to stop appropriating our music and culture?
  — Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• The rest, to be covered by other city bureaus, has not been appropriated.
  — oregonlive.com, 15 July 2019
• To date, the state has appropriated just a fraction of the amount necessary to cover these costs, even as local and state elections loom.
  — Toriano Porter, kansascity.com, 8 June 2017
• Access to a full range of services, from job skills training to appropriate housing, is crucial.
  — Morgan Sykes, The Cut, 27 Apr. 2018
• Even though so much of the magic that is commonplace today is appropriated from witches of color.
  — Lila Shapiro, The Cut, 31 Oct. 2017
• Comfort zones treated not as guides to appropriate behavior, but as hindrances to it.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2019
• Pence said before blaming Democrats for failing to appropriate for funds.
  — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 23 June 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024