Sentence examples for decency and refinement from inspiring English sources

That's civilisation for you; that's decency and refinement.

Superficial charities make smooth the way of the prosperous; but to advocate that all human beings should have leisure and comfort, the decencies and refinements of life, is a Utopian dream, and one who seriously contemplates its realization indeed must be deaf, dumb, and blind".

And "Still Lives" needs editing and refinement.

Farruco has much more elegance and refinement.

Its lavish appointments suggest breeding and refinement.

Others showed more finesse and refinement.

And refinement is passé, and seems pretentious or phony.

Tastefulness and refinement have never been its calling cards.

Instead, audiences encountered a performer of skill and refinement.

It's born of constant experiment, reassessment and refinement.

It does not permit of nuance and refinement.