Sentence examples for this decency from inspiring English sources

We can think of this decency, this modesty, as a load or strain the suit must bear.

But at City Hall yesterday, it was hard to shake a sense that everyone involved in this decency panel was sort of going through the motions.

This decency is nice for viewers — genuine evil can become tiresome what with all the bloodletting and one-dimensional villainy — and it serves other useful functions, like investing the antihero with renegade moral authority.

Where this decency comes from is a trickier question than many he himself has posed over the years – and I don't think this book gets too close to answering it.

The public regards two pairs of shoes, a winter coat, a one-week self-catering UK holiday and a birthday present costing £50 as essentials for children: fewer people reach this decency threshold than before the recession.

But where, really, is the evidence of this decency?

Barack Obama, 2010: It's because of this spirit, this great decency and great strength, that I have never been more hopeful about America's future than I am tonight.

It's because of this spirit -– this great decency and great strength -– that I have never been more hopeful about America's future than I am tonight.

It would seem churlish, then, to argue that all of this cheerful decency has been misplaced.

Justin Bieber's video, on Instagram, has more than a million "like"s._ _ It would seem churlish, then, to argue that all of this cheerful decency has been misplaced.

Muslims, Hindus, animists, yes, even Americans will rock up on these shores, and they'll either be beguiled by all this British decency and liberality, or they will not.