Sentence examples for were upstanding from inspiring English sources
adjective
Honest; reputable; respectable
- An upstanding merchant will exchange a faulty product.
Mr. Sant said permit holders were "upstanding citizens" like retired police officers and doctors.
"So he had to balance between people who were competent but compromised and people who were upstanding but inexperienced".
I became interested in how people who were upstanding in other walks of life would join an organisation that committed atrocities," Richardson said.
All the family members were upstanding citizens.
And Betty and Barney were upstanding credible members of the community.
Obama emphasized his view that the majority of police officers were upstanding public servants.
"This is a community where the feeling is that everything is upstanding.
But the British are upstanding guys.
Or he was upstanding, until Nick Cotton stabbed him.
"We want our young men to be upstanding citizens and good husbands and fathers".
Most have postgraduate degrees and are upstanding members of our respective communities.
