Sentence examples for respectable as from inspiring English sources

Standard appetizers like vitello tonnato and clams sauteed in white wine are respectable, as are main courses like sweet sausages with pepper and onions.

And the 24-point deficit midway through the third quarter of Saturday's game was as fresh in their minds as the unlikely comeback that made the final score respectable, as well as deceptive.

It was as quiet and respectable as modern Germany.

I find this very respectable, as a way of freedom of thinking".

Cotton's background was as respectable as any bandleader's son's could be.

He realised he would never become respectable, as he wanted, and he wanted to die".

Social movements are defined as respectable, or as peculiar but harmless, or as dangerous and revolutionary, evoking polite support, embarrassed avoidance, or active repression, respectively.

(IDI, father from two parent-family) The feminine respectability discourse emphasised stereotypical respectable qualities as being: sexual restraint, marriageability, attractiveness to men and accepting their polygamous nature.

The model had to be a Doris Day type — not a Jayne Mansfield — because the idea was to make hair color as respectable and mainstream as possible.

But this perception of the 1960s Civil Rights era as "respectable" and #BlackLivesMatter as disruptive is far too simplistic, disregarding the nuances of both movements. .

But respect and security is hard to find in modern Britain even for such respectable people as pharmacists.