Sentence examples for respectable about from inspiring English sources

There is nothing respectable about the idea of "teaching the controversy," as intelligent-design advocates describe it.

One reason is hinted at in Lynsey Hanley's excellent book Respectable, about the working-class estate in Birmingham where she grew up.

"But now there's a book and a title, and you can say, 'I'm planting my Edible Estate.' There's something more respectable about that, maybe".

Shandling's career was more varied; he was always more of a comedian than a broadcaster, and he reached his artistic height by satirizing the very idea that there was anything respectable about hosting a talk show.

In fact, there's nothing not respectable about the Escape.

There's nothing even remotely respectable about that.

"Receptacle for the Respectable" is about simultaneously being in awe of, and being hurt by, a "girl around town" while "It's Not the End of the World?" is "a romantic song about growing old".

There's something to be said for the fact that representation may not always be about reflecting the respectable things about us.

WINE LIST: A modest but very respectable list of about 60 wines, mostly French.

Last year at least it grew at a respectable pace, by about 16%, but recently growth has been running at less than half that rate.The effect of the decline is hard to measure because of two human qualities: ingenuity and endurance.

"They weren't pretty respectable until about Friday," Clark said later.