Sentence examples for decency from from inspiring English sources

Scalia would love to expunge the phrase "evolving standards of decency" from the Court's lexicon — but it keeps cropping up in decisions.

Scalia would love to expunge the phrase "evolving standards of decency" from the Court's lexicon but it keeps cropping up in decisions.

How you prevent such a fellow, crushed by his own decency, from sagging into a bearded Ashley Wilkes is no easy task, yet Sheen succeeds, and Boldwood's brave smile grows dreadful to behold.

It's a semi-police state but lacadasical: police roadblocks are positioned every few kilometres, just far enough away for decency from the contraband gasoline stalls and the hashish smokers.

Days after declaring he was moving on from the rapidly developing controversy, Mr. Cain waded back in with an emphatic plea for decency from his high-profile lawyer followed by a defense of his personal integrity and a condemnation of the news media.

Days after declaring that he was moving on from the brewing controversy, Mr. Cain waded back in with an emphatic plea for decency from his longtime lawyer, followed by a rambling defense of his own personal integrity and a condemnation of the media.

He hasn't got them to swear off using the idea of evolving standards of decency — far from it.

Communicate a vision of the future where class is not an embarrassing and old-fashioned idea, but the place where common decency comes from.

Where this decency comes from is a trickier question than many he himself has posed over the years – and I don't think this book gets too close to answering it.

His sense of decency prevents him from keeping it light.

"I think there is a fundamental response of decency and concern from people.