Sentence examples for Modicum of respectability from inspiring English sources

If the move was an attempt to gain a modicum of respectability, it backfired.

And from 62-6, it was Ben Stokes who gave England's total a faint modicum of respectability with a composed 47.

Bitcoin has accreted to itself a modicum of respectability in recent months, failing to collapse as some predicted, and instead showing off a level of price stability that has almost surprised.

To their credit, New Zealand's tailenders gave the scorecard a modicum of respectability, with Tim Southee scoring 19 and Boult hitting Swann for three straight sixes in a last-wicket stand of 52 with Neil Wagner (27).

But with the help of Ravichandran Ashwin (20), Dhoni managed a gritty unbeaten 57 - his maiden fifty on Australian soil - to hand a modicum of respectability to his side's total before he ran out of partners.

Trump rewarded Priebus for his loyalty with the top White House post, enabling Trump to claim a much-needed modicum of respectability with GOP insiders.

But all their hard work to claw back a modicum of international respectability was undone in a few days of violence on the streets of some of Indonesia's biggest cities.The spark, as might have been foreseen, was a measure intended to help meet IMF targets, and essential if the government was to halt the slide into hyper-inflation by printing money.

Robert A. Heinlein died in 1988 at the age of 80. Along with a handful of his contemporaries -- including Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov -- he is credited with propelling science fiction beyond its pulp-magazine roots to wide popularity and even a modicum of literary respectability.

"Only longevity earned us some modicum of respect.

It's difficult to even get a modicum of respect.

Sometimes knowing just the disease can preserve a modicum of distance and respectability, which is essential to the doctor-patient relationship.