decent person

Example Sentences

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He was also a normal decent person, and 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

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

"Every honest, decent person that lives in the area that South East Antrim covers would obviously love to see an end to organised crime and we would welcome it," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024

I didn’t understand why the world kept throwing him in my path, but I also didn’t know how to be mad at him for being a decent person, so I took the phone.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi