respects

Example Sentences

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It respects the people around me without disrespecting myself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

Clayton may be in some respects a more serious choice, but the law creating the office back in 2004 required that the director have “extensive national security expertise”—something Clayton lacks as well.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026

At Chulalongkorn Hospital, where Bajrakitiyabha had been receiving treatment, mourners gathered Friday to pay their respects -- some clutching portraits of the late princess.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The conflicts raging around the world are, of course, different in many respects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

They pressed inside the two rooms and sang “This World Is Not My Home” while others quietly shuffled in and out to pay their respects.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba