respectful

Example Sentences

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“Recent reporting of the meeting is highly exaggerated and distorted. The meeting between Pentagon and Vatican officials was a respectful and reasonable discussion,” the Pentagon said in a statement on X.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

"Recent reporting of the meeting is highly exaggerated and distorted," the Pentagon said on X. "The meeting between Pentagon and Vatican officials was a respectful and reasonable discussion."

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

“He really looked at the world, not through any kind of binary lens, but through a personal lens that was respectful of other people’s perspective.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“I think he would have been respectful enough to let you win,” they said.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Either I was a little slow or the language was too elegant, because I was nodding my head in respectful agreement when, suddenly, it hit me what he meant.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson