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How to use the word proportional in a Sentence?

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We're marching right now because we have to defend the right to protest. Have you seen the videos of the police simply opening fire over the civil population ? And that's not proportionate, that's nowhere near a proportional use of military force.

– Jennifer Pedraza

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We have to prepare for the inevitability that one, or more, of the major chains may not survive if this situation continues to lurch into next summer, the number of movie theaters that will close on a permanent basis will be directly proportional to how long it takes the US to stomp out the virus.

– Jeff Bock

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The carriage charges did not reflect fair and proportional costs for providing the service.

– The CRE

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Ethanol producers, and the farmers supplying them corn, are suffering a proportional economic disaster.

– Brian Jennings

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We remind the Administration that oil refiners are not the only ones suffering from the economic fallout of the current situation, ethanol producers, and the farmers supplying them corn, are suffering a proportional economic disaster.

– Brian Jennings

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Respecting the EU data protection rules will help ensure that our privacy and fundamental rights will be upheld and that the European approach will be transparent and proportional.

– Commission Vice President Vera Jourova

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I fully support a European approach for the use of mobile applications and mobile data in response to the coronavirus pandemic in line with our fundamental rights. We will ensure this approach is transparent, proportional and based on people's trust.

– Vera Jourova

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Learning is not proportional to the distance from the board

– Ricardo Stewart

added by anonymous
4 years ago

As leader of the ruling political force, I reaffirm my support for the transition to a proportional electoral system in 2020, and I sincerely regret that it has failed.

– Bidzina Ivanishvili

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We do not seek the continuation of tension with some European countries, should they be committed to international frameworks and give up their wrong actions, including what they did in Gibraltar, they will receive a proportional response from Iran.

– Hassan Rouhani

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I would think the Trump administration could -- if they choose -- cite the principle of self-defense under the UN Charter and conduct operations accordingly, but those operations would have to be proportional to the threat -- a threat that has now been made more challenging by the sophistication of Iranian air defenses.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The duration of an extension - it has got to be in line with the purpose of any such extension, any extension should serve a purpose. The length should be proportional to the objective. Our objective is an orderly withdrawal. 'No-deal' will never by the EU's decision. In order to avoid 'no-deal', the UK needs to agree to a deal.

– Michel Barnier

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Any extension should serve a purpose. The length should be proportional to the objective. Our objective is an orderly withdrawal. 'No-deal' will never by the EU's decision. In order to avoid 'no-deal', the UK needs to agree to a deal.

– Michel Barnier

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Basically, the really high rainfall rates are what controlled the really large response that we saw. And the damage inflicted by the debris flows is proportional to the rainfall.

– Francis Rengers

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Unhappiness is directly proportional to our denial of reality

– H.W. Mann

added by howardmann
6 years ago

The Ted Cruz campaign said in response to Manafort's comments : The Cruz campaign's no surprise that Trump's team will lash out with falsehoods when facing a loss to distract from their failure. … We have earned our success by working hard to build a superior organization and are working within the process and rules. Anticipating a fight for every delegate, Ted Cruz was campaigning Monday in California, which holds a delegate-rich primary on June 7. David Payne, a Republican strategist and Vox Global partner, suggested on Monday that Cruz’s efforts to win delegate support will be indispensable if Donald Trump fails to get to 1,237 delegates -- as the candidates would have to compete for them during balloting at an open convention in July. Ted Cruz will be on familiar turf, consider that Ted Cruz is likely to win a handful of the remaining winner-take-all states … coupled with proportional delegate wins for Ted Cruz and Ted Cruz and John Kasich, this makes it mathematically difficult for Donald Trump to win the nomination according to the current convention rules.

– David Payne

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Earlier, the Iraqi government said that they are ready to take out 300,000-500,000 bpd from the market. Our share will be proportional.

– Leonid Fedun

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

At least some boats should be built in this country, i used to be heavily involved in defense force planning ... Maybe the best way is proportional to the number of ships to be built.

– Vice Admiral Yoji Koda

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I used to be heavily involved in defense force planning ... Maybe the best way is proportional to the number of ships to be built.

– Vice Admiral Yoji Koda

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

At least some boats should be built in this country, i used to be heavily involved in defence force planning ... Maybe the best way is proportional to the number of ships to be built.

– Vice Admiral Yoji Koda

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I used to be heavily involved in defence force planning ... Maybe the best way is proportional to the number of ships to be built.

– Vice Admiral Yoji Koda

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

You live your life proportional to your love for life.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us.

– Sydney J. Harris

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.

– John Stuart Mill

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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