self-respecting
Example Sentences
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"All self-respecting captains go down with their ships," James Watt declared in his finance memoir Business for Punks in 2015.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Many of them, Losey said, assume the insects must be a different bug altogether, since “no self-respecting ladybug would come into my house.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
When I’m dreaming up new oatmeal combinations, I start where any self-respecting hedonist would: the jam aisle of a fancy little corner store.
From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025
It was the only decision any self-respecting boxer of Álvarez’s caliber could have made, surprising only Paul, last seen trading punches with 58-year-old Mike Tyson while netting a gate of $18,117,072.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
The going would be troublesome in the wet, and anyway no self-respecting rabbit could leave without a forage round the sheds.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
