Sentence examples for good respectable from inspiring English sources

Whiley quickly closes down this uncomfortable moment, however, through telling a new hyperbolic story of disgusting female excess, thus re-establishing the young men's – precarious and situationally specific – moral authority on the boundaries of good, respectable sex.

"Good" presents the story of a respectable "good German" who passively acquiesces to Hitler's agenda.

(Dargis) 'GOOD' (No rating, 1 31) In the anemic screen adaptation of C. P. Taylor's play about a respectable "good German" who passively acquiesces to Hitler's agenda, Viggo Mortensen, miscast and ineptly directed by Vicente Amorim, plays a liberal, mild-mannered professor of literature who becomes a Nazi.

In the broad field of people famous for other things who have written respectable-to-good fiction, you could list: Dirk Bogarde, Ethan Hawke, Molly Ringwald and James Franco.

(All sandwiches and salads are $7.50) Baked goods, like the respectable Earl Grey shortbread, don't hazard too much sweetness.

It was the hut of Sheikh Hajj al Basher, a respectable, good-hearted man who was married to a woman by the name of Zainab.

Others, such as Legend, the nation's number one PC manufacturer, and collectively owned Haier, the leading white-goods producer, are building respectable domestic brands.One such group is Wahaha, a maker of soft drinks, named to sound like a laughing baby.

Be respectable and she will respect you as you are a good influence on her son or daughter.

You will always have more bargaining power with your family if your homework is done, your grades are good, your appearance is respectable and your room is tidy.

Compared to my parents, who were impossibly good and respectable, Granny seemed glamorous and rather naughty.

But a single woman of good fortune is always respectable and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else".