Sentence examples for maintain decency from inspiring English sources

Danny, who appears in about half of Mr. Skvorecky's dozen or more novels, struggles — not always heroically — to maintain decency amid the terrors and indignities of totalitarian society.

For close to 20 years, Alessandro Del Piero has maintained decency, artistry and loyalty to a club and a country that at times struggle to behold those virtues.

Ladies often ride side-saddle to maintain their decency.

"You wake up early, do a lot, and I don't see how a child can maintain any decency under those circumstances.

It was in almost every paper, even the broadsheets, the only difference with them being that they altered the photo, making my hair look longer than it was to maintain my decency.

Said he agreed with Mayor Gaynor that civilized man must maintain outward decencies and let inner decencies take care of themselves.

"But we always maintain dignity and decency".

Tony Hall, the BBC director general, said that a line had been crossed and that Clarkson had failed to maintain standards of decency and respect at work.

BBC director general Tony Hall said a line had been crossed and Clarkson, a frequent source of controversy in the past, had failed to maintain standards of decency and respect at work.

In India, a law that went into effect last October holds domestic and international internet companies – including Yahoo!, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter – accountable for helping to maintain "public order, decency, or morality".

His hapless attempts to maintain officially sanctioned decency only added to the amusement of the 2,000 moviegoers in the gigantic Pyongyang International Cinema House, who responded energetically to the sight of a half-dozen outsize German bobsledders baring their bottoms and stuffing themselves with food and beer to gain weight for a competition.