decent person
Example Sentences
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Racial discrimination has by no means been vanquished from the U.S., and no decent person wants to see race relations return to what they were 70 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Burnham is unusual in politics because even colleagues who are furious that he ousted Sir Keir Starmer say he is an affable and decent person.
From BBC ● Jul. 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
And the key was finding someone to be the leader of a bleak endeavor who was a decent person and could boost morale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
He said Charles had good taste, that I was the most decent person he knew, then he went to bed.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
