Sentence examples for more upstanding from inspiring English sources

As one reviewer remarked, "If the two of them were any more upstanding, they'd be trees".

The dramatization, like the novel, makes it clear enough that Melmotte's varied victims are no more upstanding than he is.

Is furniture's fate As tragic as the fate of an axe, the part of a tree that helps Bring down more upstanding trees?

Ms. Bening's performance, unfortunately, is well matched to Mr. Costner's; if the two of them were any more upstanding they'd be trees.

Not that they are nicer, more upstanding, virginal types, but that their actions could betray a higher level of commitment to the actual idea of being married.

These men, including the more upstanding ones in his Frank Bascombe trilogy ("The Sportswriter," "Independence Day," "The Lay of the Land"), often seem on the lam from things that require clarification and pondering.

That moniker might not mean much to the more morally upstanding reader, but for certain circles of suburban teens looking to do a little light-to-moderate-drinking on a weekend evening or between classes or whatever, ID Chief was a godsend.

Still, the experience taught her the valuable lesson that venal politicians can sometimes be more useful than upstanding reformers".

Sarah Leah Whitson, the Middle East director of Human Rights Watch, said that, compared with the two arts organizations, N.Y.U. has been "much more forthright and upstanding in terms of addressing labor values".

And head its ugly rear it did -- the question being asked somewhere in between my first and second glass of chilled 1987 Riesling -- me standing in a small circle of large men -- Guenther, Heinrich, and Hans, to be more precise -- three upstanding gentleman to whom I'd been introduced just minutes before.

It states its goal as supporting the victims of abuse and upstanding priests, and bringing more lay involvement and more transparency into the church.