Sentence examples for trying to be decent from inspiring English sources
There are worse things than a family trying to be decent and encouraging toward its brilliant son, but, for Beckett, what he endured at Cooldrinagh — the family home, with its summerhouse, servants, and tennis court — was purgatorial.
"You can't have this little cul de sac, all of these little kids that have nothing to do, because they're going to get together and they say: 'Right, you ain't got no money, I ain't got no money, we ain't got nowhere to go, no one gives a crap about us, so why are we sitting here trying to be decent people when that's not getting us nowhere?' "In this day and age you have to have money.
He was trying to be decent and graceful, give her whatever she wanted--the house, every fucking thing.
Even for men who try to be decent human beings, it can be hard to comprehend what women endure on a daily basis, because the types of behavior they encounter―from cat-calls to assault―are something we'd never do.
The closest I've seen to a female version of this archetype is Temperance Brennan from Kathy Reich's "Bones" series, but even though she has the genius for detail, the brilliance of deduction, and the logically dictated disconnect from the emotions of society, she at least tries to be decent human being.
This ain't 'feeling the Bern.' It's just trying to be a decent citizen and as transparent as I can be".
Whether it's corporate investigations or comedy, there are certain inherent truths to trying to get what you want while trying to be a decent person doing it.
Is that why he stopped trying to be a decent actor and ended up making Grown Ups 2? This film has a terrible moral.
Anyone can count himself happy if he goes to bed at night after a day of trying to be a decent, conscious and responsible member of the human race.
A "great book," to West, is one that most effectively addresses "the challenge of trying to be a decent person in the world".
Faked orgasms used to be a thing that I did a lot back in the day, but these days I prefer not to: I can't be bothered, and also I'm trying to be a decent human being.
