Sentence examples for seemed respectable from inspiring English sources

It seemed respectable.

Because the fifty-center was a hardback, unlike the dime novel, it seemed respectable to parents.

He seemed respectable and came to visit her at her father's house, but raped her there.

On first moving to the capital I took comfort from the fact that those descending with me on the escalators seemed respectable types.

Anyway, Dewani had travelled extensively in India and East Africa, so would not have hesitated to use a local taxi driver who seemed respectable and whose vehicle was clean and new.

The screen's performance in daylight seemed respectable at best.

The Oakland Raiders make it at least seem respectable with a Rashad Jennings rushing touchdown.

Verrelle seemed to be practicing a hyper-local version of dédiabolisation, the strategy of "de-demonization" that Le Pen has pursued over the past few years in the hope of making the F.N. seem respectable.

The Broncos converted a stunning 12 of 18 third-down chances, but the three most critical came in the second half, after the Jets had scored 10 points -- on a 1-yard touchdown run by Martin and a 45-yard John Hall field goal to make a horrible first half seem respectable with a 10-point deficit at halftime.

A clever, modern Indian inversion of La Cage aux Folles, about two straight men pretending to be gay in order to seem respectable, the film still received no wider audience than usual, left to drown in the ocean of formulaic mediocrity that is the bulk of Bollywood's output and defines outsiders' perceptions of it.

Loan credit measures seem respectable.