Sentence examples for respectable clothes from inspiring English sources

Like their subjects, they can feel like slick movers dressed in respectable clothes.

The men tried unsuccessfully to kidnap her as punishment for not wearing what they called "respectable clothes," she said.

Too often, "Frida" squeezes its carnal spirit into respectable clothes, enacting the artistic compromise that is one of its themes.

He speaks Mr. Dyer's lines as if he had just invented them, and even the way he moves and wears his dull, respectable clothes are expressions of character".

They have escaped the drudgery of commuting, they don't need to wear respectable clothes or make-up, or to shave or even to shower every day.

But to weave lingering shots of crotches, torsos, and backsides into a story that evokes deep sources of cultural panic from Columbine to Eminem is to dress up sleaze in the respectable clothes of social criticism.

8. Packing List: Bathing suits (lots of bathing suits), swim diapers, flip flops, hiking shoes, and respectable airplane clothes.

He needs a haircut and a shave, sometimes a fresh collar, always a shine and a respectable suit of clothes.

One of the evening's funniest moments is when Huck reappears, after the Widow Douglas has gotten her hands on him, in a new, respectable suit of clothes.

The result of his vision is a respectable collection of clothes, intelligently staged in a show that could teach a thing or two to brands with much greater archives and resources.

A backlash is afoot, evinced by the sizzling success and rapid expansion of dishes, restaurants, chefs and chains that dress up childhood faves in grownup clothes: respectable, sustainable, diverse and even gourmet clothes which thankfully restore our right to love these foods in public without being dismissed as jejune, unadventurous and/or low-brow (translation: fast-food fans).