Sentence examples for only respectable from inspiring English sources

They made rock and roll seem not only respectable but significant.

Forget teaching math to fidgety schoolgirls (the only respectable path for a smart girl like me).

Deep-fried, moderately spicy, thickly-crusted Buffalo wings ($8) are only respectable.

To claim that life is widespread in the universe is not only respectable, it also underpins NASA's ambitious astrobiology program.

But Muslims are fair game now and to defame them en masse has become not only respectable, but highly profitable.

With Hiddink's help, they have made JCB football seem not only respectable again, but something to be admired.

Two more dense, complex yet feisty albums followed, selling in increasing but only just respectable amounts.

But the real importance of Saint Laurent - and the reason why his death has sent a frisson through even those who knew only the respectable and respectful later years - is that the designer not only broke the mold.

But democracy is only truly respectable if its method of delivery is good.

We only want respectable types, it says.

Other passages stream past in which the only vaguely respectable noun is "sluice".