decency

Example Sentences

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A: Ruth symbolizes what she herself expressed: decency.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

He added that, "for reasons of decency", he had "chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 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