Sentence examples for in respectability from inspiring English sources

Murder was gaining in respectability.

And the music itself, as always, has one foot in respectability and the other in foolishness.

"Only a fast hussy would wear red", but yellow was also lacking in respectability.

There was nothing better than a book or a Broadway play when it came to cloaking Hollywood in respectability.

Snake's childhood scenes give some clue to the young woman who turned in respectability for risky art.

Why, when the right-wing National Front has been moderating its official message and gaining in respectability, have cruder forms of racism been on the rise?

Bushmaster makes what might otherwise be considered an impressive debut, taking out the head of the Yardie gang, gaining financial leverage over Black Mariah, and dishing out a capoeira-styled beatdown on Luke Cage that even Stephen A. Smith (Cage's brother-in-respectability) had to speak on.

In the Steinbeck universe, it is always an easier matter to distinguish good from bad, than in that of Hemingway or Faulkner or Fitzgerald, which no doubt partly accounts for Steinbeck's poor showing in academic respectability in recent decades.

Gilbert continued his quest to gain respect in and respectability for his profession.

Dixwell settled in New Haven, adopted the pseudonym James Davids, married twice and lived in perfect respectability until he died in 1689.

Checklists can play an important role in granting respectability to qualitative research and in convincing potential sceptics of its thoroughness.