Hughes patted the margin of the print in a proprietary way.

The proprietary way his parents flanked the young man made Tannim smile.

She reached out, pressed a girlish hand against his arm, and patted it in a proprietary way.

She patted Bey's arm in a proprietary way.

She couldn't really hold that against him but she disliked the proprietary way he made as if to join her on her pile of hay.

He spoke in an indulgent, proprietary way that didn't sound like the old Percy at all.

The challenge response is to customize the challenge in a proprietary way and returned it signed with the responder's private key.

She wanted to be furious, and part of her was, if for nothing more than the proprietary way he held her face.

Harry Turtledove When he slipped an arm around her waist in a proprietary way, she snuggled against him instead of flinging brandy in his face.

Joy grabbed Nick's arm in a proprietary way.