Sentence examples for edge of respectability from inspiring English sources

It's a pretty simple formula: We have these strong lead characters that are really subversive, and the writing is such that you embrace the characters no matter if they live right on the edge or even over the edge of respectability.

Thus a second theme of redemption is introduced as Schindler, a disreputable schemer on the edges of respectability, becomes a father figure responsible for saving the lives of over a thousand people.

Mrs. Wilkinson, clinging to the frayed edge of middle-class respectability, harbors a lifetime of compromise and frustration behind her businesslike demeanor, and Ms. Walters gets it across without a wasted word.

For the screen personalities he has garbed, Mr. Armani is a magician who confers on them an air of respectability, with a subtly risque edge.

Over the years, Mr. Armani has dressed a phalanx of Hollywood notables, conferring on clients like Thora Birch, Dylan McDermott, Glenn Close and Cuba Gooding Jr. an aura of respectability with a subtly risqué edge.

So maybe the Lakers have found their winning formula, and they may yet return from the edge of oblivion, make the playoffs and reclaim some degree of respectability.

It restored a fine edge to my costly knives and gave inferior knives the illusion of respectability.

PiS's veneer of respectability is probably tarnished for good.

A medical degree is a universal badge of respectability.

In agrarian societies the elderly have a status of respectability.

The car became a common badge of respectability.