Sentence examples for reputability from inspiring English sources

"Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure".

The phrase was double-edged: Veblen was critical of the wealthy flaunting their wealth, but he recognised that more ordinary people used goods and services to establish "the reputability of the household and its head".

At film festivals and on Turner Classics it can be fun to revel in cheap junk from schlock producers like Samuel Z Arkoff or Golan and Globus, but there's a veneer of reputability that comes with the passage of time.

With rare exceptions, the price ceiling is $50,000 at present, and the development of this market depends a great deal on the reputability of the selling organisation and its readiness to give refunds should the purchase fail to please.

Reputability and approval, however, are not necessarily indicators of truth, and therefore the role that endoxa played for Aristotle and for the scholastics needs clarification.