respects

Example Sentences

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"We recognise there is significant interest in what happened, but at the centre of it there are many people grieving and we would please ask everyone respects that and gives them the privacy they want."

From BBC • May 5, 2026

In many respects, this “Lord of the Flies” is truer to the book than the Brook film.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

He’s referring to Golden State Warriors player Steph Curry’s wife, Ayesha, although it’s not as if he respects that woman, either.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

During my visit to New York, my wife and I will again pay our respects to the victims, the families, and the bravery shown in the face of terrible loss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Over my shoulder, I saw many of the people who weren’t family but came to pay their last respects to Gran standing nearer the shade of the huge evergreen trees lining the cemetery’s edges.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce