Sentence examples for once respectable from inspiring English sources

It didn't take long for once respectable scientists such as Leary to grow impatient with the rigmarole of objective science.

Retarded in America, and spastic in Britain, once respectable medical words, are now unutterable in polite company.

Mr Hussein, he says, was different: a gangster leading a "handful of deviants" within a once respectable movement.

It has become a magnet for young people on benefit who live cheaply in shabby "multiple-occupancy" houses that were once respectable hotels.

FAUX TROPICALISTS Philosophy Faux tropical bars start with the proposition that the Mai Tai and Singapore Sling were once respectable cocktails.

But these days, that once respectable variety has been dwarfed by cheddar exports, which have reached 35,000 tonnes a year.

Once-respectable high street stores now provided temporary outlets for wide-boys selling dodgy stock.

Once-respectable high street stores disappeared, to be boarded up or replaced by chancers flogging marked-down colanders.

By the time the Selkas sold off the mill, Manningham, the once-respectable area where it is located, was in decline.

He should try to get the membership rules changed and help steer a once-respectable international forum back to its rightful place.

As a result, once-respectable postcodes are starting to look like a horrific mashup of Grand Designs, Neighbours From Hell and Stella Street.