Sentence examples for appearance standard from inspiring English sources

"The appearance standard has much to recommend it," Justice Kennedy said.

Jazzercise, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based company that markets what it calls "the world's leading dance-fitness program," settled with Portnick, agreeing to drop the "fit appearance" standard.

But that freedom ended last Monday when the Sanitation Department began enforcing "personal appearance standards," which have torn through the rank and file like a boot camp buzz-cutter since they were issued by department officials last month.

Wearing his familiar No. 99 and dreadlocks yet to be trimmed to team appearance standards, Ramirez went 1 for 3 in his return to the American League after two and a half seasons with the Dodgers.

And with no appearance standards to live up to, hygiene can become a problem.

"The drivers must wear FedEx uniforms, drive FedEx-approved vehicles, and groom themselves according to FedEx's appearance standards.

However, the Westernization of Korea in the 1980s has resulted in contemporary Korean society adopting more Western appearance standards (Shin and Rutkowski 2003).

These findings are unique because it has been reported that Chinese individuals, especially Southern Chinese, are more sensitive to ideal appearance standards which triggers females to spend more time on appearance enhancements.

With an influx of Western media images and practices since the 1990s (Shim 2006), South Korean women seem to experience increased pressures to conform to unrealistic appearance standards that emulate Western body ideals.

A study by Jung and Forbes (2006) suggests that women in cultures such as South Korea, where increased opportunities for women produced a marked shift toward gender equality, are likely to experience increased pressures to conform to unrealistic appearance standards.

A positive association between attitudes toward celebrities and the acceptance of cosmetic surgery among the US participants implies that compared to South Korea, celebrities in the US might have a stronger effect as a reference group for ideal appearance standards and play a greater role for one's likelihood of having cosmetic surgery.