upstanding

Example Sentences

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Jim Bob Duggar attempted a political comeback in 2021 when he ran for a vacated seat in the Arkansas state Senate, leaning on what he believed was his reputation as an upstanding family man.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Local leaders and families are ordered to identify those they recognise as upstanding citizens.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Flashbacks illustrate who Gacy’s victims were to the people who knew and loved them, landing on the more sensitive and sensible view that they saw Gacy as trustworthy, upstanding, and therefore unthreatening.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2025

Many commentators seemed to believe the actor had tarnished an otherwise upstanding and squeaky clean image, with some expressing disappointment that the former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ambassador “can’t accept his own child”.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

Johnny, remembering the gawky, callow, but upstanding young leather-dresser of Fish Street, was surprised that anyone could value him so highly.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes