Sentence examples for are less decent from inspiring English sources

They have less rights, less opportunities, less freedom, because, at the end of the day, they are less decent; they need to proof they are neither criminals nor suckers of our privileges and comforts.

I am less decent, less ascetic, far more materialistic ("pagan" would be my self-reassuring euphemism).

But, in front of us, at least — those two sentences are the last in the book — he never learns enough to hide what is less decent.

"Overall, prisons are less safe and less decent than  they were even a year ago, when we published our last report.

From the Chief Inspector's shattering, incisive overview it's clear that our deteriorating prisons are less safe and less decent than even a year ago".

Those rich enough to afford decent lawyers are less likely to be sentenced to death.

We are not a perfect Union, but we are less imperfect in fundamental and decent ways.

Pupils assigned to better teachers are more likely to go to college and earn decent salaries, and are less likely to be teenage mothers, according to work published in 2011.

It means that refugees who have arrived in the past few months have received scant attention, are less likely to be placed in decent housing and have limited access to the only people they can call for help.

Certainly, should the service be less than decent, guests would be justified (much to the chagrin of the server) in tipping a smaller percentage.

Non-readers of the Bible may wish to argue that a lack of acquaintance with, say, the Book of Job, does not mean their values are any less decent.