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Meanings of proper interest in English

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Usage of proper interest in English
1
With an effort she showed a proper interest in his remarks.
The Bent Twig
2
He must learn to take a proper interest in children.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
3
Friends of the court are defined as persons having a proper interest in the case.
Lone Star Planet
4
The juniors are peeved with them for not taking proper interest in the Valentine dance.
Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
5
She resolved to take a proper interest in him.
A Tale of a Lonely Parish
6
An elephant meeting a mouse, reproached him for not taking a proper interest in growth.
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
7
Then, perhaps feeling that he had not shown proper interest, Tell you what I'll do.
The Breaking Point
8
Nobody, he implied, who came to his house had ever exhibited the proper interest in Sid.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
9
Even the King displayed a proper interest, demanding a full and precise account of his escapes.
A Book of Scoundrels
10
Then he offered to make the payment in two bills at three and six months' date, with proper interest allowed.
The Way We Live Now
11
You could have all the resources that you want but without the proper interest you will not get it done, he said.
Jamaica Observer
12
I was not lacking in proper interest in his well-being, but I have since thought in such cases it is safest to speak.
California Sketches, New Series
13
Bela Tarr's films have, rather unfairly, come to be seen as a sort of endurance test for those pretending to proper interest in "serious cinema".
The Irish Times
14
"Nay, an apposite interrogation is the guarantee of a proper interest in the subject," said the baronet.
Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete
15
"Showing proper interest." Little-girl petulant.
Flash and Bones
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