decent person

Example Sentences

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“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

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

Gormley added that he would like to be remembered as a "decent person who helped people out as much as I could".

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

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