Sentence examples for figure of decency from inspiring English sources
The CDU boss revelled in political combat; the head of state stood apart, a figure of decency, dignity and goodness.
This is a failure of decency and good sense.
Those liquid, burden-of-decency basset-hound eyes.
In Hamburg she helped found the newspaper Die Zeit, became a prominent figure in liberal postwar circles and stood as a symbol of decency among the Prussian aristocracy under Hitler.
Karzai is an odd combination of decency and diffidence, a committed democrat but a regal figure who is comfortable leaving the business of governing to others — including his American advisers.
Karzai is an odd combination of decency and diffidence, a committed democrat but a regal figure who is comfortable leaving the business of governing to others including his American advisers.
As a trade unionist and then a Labour MP, Norman Atkinson, who has died aged 90, displayed the unusual degree of decency, integrity and brave candour typical of the most talented figures to come from a working-class background.
You offenders of decency.
This insidious note of decency depresses us.
The Legion of Decency rated the films.
