decency

Example Sentences

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Josephine Ballon said criminalising such behaviour was the minimum that "we can do, because this also shows that we as a society, we have values, we have rules, we have human decency."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Choosing a hero from a sample that large is “truly an art, not a science,” Schulman said, but Norman, like Gladden, possessed an “incredible decency and humanity that really makes you just root for them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Yet Leo found—his son tells us with eloquent understatement—that “some Germans managed to remain decent, when decency could be very dangerous.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

In October 2025, a 67-year-old retiree from Philadelphia sent an email to the Department of Homeland Security pleading for basic decency in how they carried out a high-profile asylum case.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026

His voice is louder now, sleek and menacing and devoid of anything resembling decency.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir