decent person
Example Sentences
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He never seems to judge the actions of others too harshly, because he knows what it means to struggle to be a decent person.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt,” Orwell wrote, “is that it is possible to be a normal decent person and yet to be fully alive.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
"Any decent person... will experience shock, revulsion and incredulity."
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
I don’t like many of her politics, but I do trust that she is a principled and decent person.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
“Don’t thank me, it’s what any decent person would have done.”
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
