Sentence examples for a certain respectability from inspiring English sources
Being a white man in South Africa used to mean having a steady job, a house, a car, a certain respectability.
At the speech on Saturday, the movement sought to convey a certain respectability, from sharply dressed guards in gray suits to the punctuality of Mr. Sadr himself, who began speaking precisely at 10 a.m., as scheduled.
One type of magazine, originally classed as pulp but attaining with the years a certain respectability, is the science-fiction magazine, the first example of which was Hugo Gernsback's Amazing Stories, first published in 1926.
In some communities it achieved a certain respectability as it worked with politicians," the textbook reads, according to the Herald.
Official EU electoral observation has a certain brand, a respectability gained over many years and many elections.
No matter how many degrees and accomplishments one has, if you have to stoop below a certain level of respectability to prove a point, chances are your integrity is questionable.
As a black person and as a gay person, I come from a very marginal place, away from the rut of a perceived black masculinity, which is very narrow, of a certain machismo; and away from mainstream ideas of the kind of David Furnish-Elton John kind of gay respectability.
Again: Putin knows that economic development and a place at the table of world affairs requires a certain… respectability.
