respectability

Example Sentences

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One victim's family says Bush operated behind a veneer of respectability.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Seamer Matt Henry took 4-43 as the West Indies top order once again failed to fire, with only Roston Chase's 38 in the middle order giving the total any sense of respectability at Seddon Park.

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

He later won election to the British Parliament, a marker of respectability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Williamson chose this route for “Unconventional” because he wanted to make an unabashedly queer relationship show “written without respectability politics in mind, so I’d need to find a different pathway.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

Them she bent toward respectability, and in so doing taught them fear: fear of being clumsy, fear of being like their father, fear of not being loved by God, fear of madness like Cholly’s mother’s.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison