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The phrase "respectable citizens" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe people who are seen to be socially respectable, reliable, and honest. For example, "It is the responsibility of all respectable citizens to uphold the law."
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"These are patriotic and respectable citizens.
All of the five who grew up turned out to be respectable citizens.
And it is better if the Republican Party treats homosexuals as respectable citizens instead of pariahs.
Many more lived out their lives beneath the radar as respectable citizens.
Perhaps their friends and families know something I don't, but they looked like respectable citizens too.
Anyway, sodomy laws are a standing insult to, among others, millions of respectable citizens who happen to be gay.
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This respectable citizen took to climbing into the mountains overlooking the town, where he would spend nights in solitary meditation.
Every respectable citizen, at the sight of Phocion, covered up his face, and stooped down to conceal his tears.
When I pointed out Suleiman's bloody track record, he responded: "Only the respectable citizen will not be harmed".
Bosch's drawings reveal that within the respectable citizen with his big house on the market square festered a paranoid mind revolted by much of human behaviour.
"Robust" For centuries, this adjective (Google Repetition Index: seventy-seven million) was a respectable citizen of the Republic of Language, doing useful if modest service.
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