respectability

Example Sentences

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One of Christianity’s deepest convictions is that social standing, respectability and material recognition are not the measures of a life.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Dig beneath that and - barring a trip to Fantasyland in which Spurs win the Champions League - the rest of this season is now a quest for respectability, and for Frank, survival.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

His job is to find someone to lead a 3-14 team, outscored by 191 points this season, and drag it back to something approaching respectability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

It challenged the idea of domestic respectability, treating the house as an open-ended experiment rather than a finished object.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Then again, a pigeon talking at all doesn’t conjure a portrait of solemn respectability.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi