Sentence examples for an ounce of decency from inspiring English sources

If he had an ounce of decency, he said, Dacre would retire to his Scottish estate with his £15m pension.

Ray Ratto wrote on CBSSports.com that if Cushing had an ounce of decency, he'd just give back his tainted Associated Press defensive rookie of the year award.

Anyone with an ounce of decency should be tempted to ban animal-abuse videos, but anyone with an appreciation for the First Amendment understands why we cannot.

Hopefully, someone in the Bush administration has an ounce of decency left and the sense to avoid a tragic replay of this sorry episode of indefinite detention and injustice.

She should show at least an ounce of decency and respect ".

What we have here is a sample of theo-con vacuity, the hawking of "traditional moral values and beliefs" without admission that many "traditional" moral values and beliefs in this country in the past were stupid, irrational, and ugly enough to embarrass anyone with an ounce of decency in their psyches.

Sarah's father, Geoff Houston, said: "For those who are selling it, if you have any ounce of decency, you must stop".

It took me far too long to muster up an ounce of human decency and imagine what it must have felt like for my family.

This is one reason why it's easy to root for American distance runners — they're underdogs, and they handle their status with decency; I never sensed an ounce of bitterness or jingoism among the U.S. elites.

"Haven't an ounce of patience".

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