Happily, she is not one of those terrifying literary widows you read about within the pages of the New Yorker, hoarding and proprietorial, always firing off furious letters to this inquisitive scholar and that nosy biographer: a wife desperate to bolster her role as muse and amanuensis. ❋ Rachel Cooke (2010)
For while no one truly owns English or any other natural language, we feel proprietorial about the language that we speak and write. ❋ Unknown (2011)
It's nice to be needed again and I like how the boys have come back breezily casual, slinging a cheery proprietorial arm around my waist as I bring more snacks, taking me for granted. ❋ Unknown (2012)
You point to a particular case of proprietorial misconduct, by people you don't say are Bush appointees, who are apparently not working for a Bush appointee, and who were then slapped down by a Bush-appointed judge, as making it "increasingly clear that something very very bad happened to the US Justice system during the Bush administration." ❋ Unknown (2009)
Via TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime, a pointer to an inspiring judicial decision to dismiss a criminal case in light of systematic long-running proprietorial misconduct. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Depending on how serious the rule is, even a technical violation can sometimes be serious; but sometimes it just isn't, and reasonable proprietorial discretion will just let it be. ❋ Unknown (2010)
He gives his new hairstyle a proprietorial pat, which suggests both contentment and the lingering astonishment he seems so keen to bury in conversation. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Spotify's software is designed to subtly echo that of iTunes, but with a more flexible and less proprietorial feel. ❋ Unknown (2011)
(For a local example of a similar problem with proprietorial ethics, see this.) ❋ Unknown (2009)
The sacking by Abramovich of Ray Wilkins, Ancelotti's friend and ally, wiped out the manager's autonomy and showed him to be powerless in the face of proprietorial capriciousness. ❋ Unknown (2011)
He had never acted with such proprietorial zeal either before or since. ❋ Bruce Palling (2011)
Presumed consent is to give Brown final proprietorial rights over us all and for spare parts to sell to rich bidders, nothing more. ❋ Newmania (2008)
I have been fascinated by this proprietorial attitude towards some else's creation since the Buffy days. ❋ Roger Sutton (2008)
With a completely unfounded air of proprietorial pride, he laid a hand on my thigh and said, "and my lady Lallybroch." ❋ Unknown (2010)
He waved a hand with a sort of proprietorial gesture. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Spotted Tail welcomed us outside the fine frame house which the army had set aside for his use at Camp Sheridan, but after showing us round its empty rooms with a proprietorial pride, he explained gravely that he didn't live here, but in a tipi close by. ❋ Estelle Bruno (2010)
Fraser is acting under editorial if not proprietorial orders, of course, and as time goes on the departure of Matt becomes all the more understandable and lamentable. ❋ Unknown (2010)
And with a proprietorial air Whittaker told the tale. ❋ Unknown (2010)
When they went shopping in Knightsbridge three months ago and picked up a rambling old emporium for a modest £1. 5bn, the Qatari royal family would have done well to enquire about proprietorial parking perks. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Have you any idea how ruthless and proprietorial the medical profession are over their pound of flesh? ❋ Newmania (2008)
She was very proprietorial when it came to her [lover].
She didn't let her [girlfriend] go to [the party]. ❋ Iwatchtheolympicstoseeass (2021)
