Sentence examples for a respectable street from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a respectable street" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a street that is considered to be safe, well-maintained, or associated with a good reputation.
Example: "The new café is located on a respectable street, making it a popular spot for families and professionals alike."
Alternatives: "a reputable street" or "an upstanding street".

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"In Baltimore, where I was brought up, we lived on a respectable street, but behind us there were back alleys where the roughnecks and the tough kids hung out," Marshall said.

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The movies have always featured wicked women: in 1915, Hollywood's original 'vamp', Theda Bara, ensnared and destroyed a respectable Wall Street lawyer in A Fool There Was.

Tucked into a respectable side street far from the city center, Central Station is as out and proud as it's possible to be in modern day Moscow.

Tucked into a respectable side street far from the city centre, Central Station is as out and proud as it's possible to be in modern day Moscow.

Fed and watered, we walked the dark and respectable streets of the quarter that claims to be the Venice of the north but lacks the excitement to be found in the Italian city.

He would transform Bankers Trust into a staid, respectable Wall Street player, make it a leader in "relationship" banking — that is, dealmaking and underwriting — with sidelines in steady cash-generating businesses like processing and handling of securities.

Certainly better than standard instant, and even the drip from down the street (a respectable café but not their best batch, it must be said).

Purple suggested that you lived on a more respectable "mixed" street, while pink was "comfortable" and red "well-to-do".

In rare encounters with my mother, she was polite but sour, struggling to conceal her resentment at the new estate on which we lived and which continued to expand into the fields and woodland around what had once been a nice, respectable residential street.

They do not have the resources to investigate a seemingly respectable high street shop, or even what might be going on behind the rising numbers of shuttered-up empty stores.

"I work for a respectable organization like The Wall Street Journal and I'm gay," Mr. King said.

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