Example sentences for: respectable

How can you use “respectable” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • She was married, middle-class, respectable.

  • He derides the BBC and respectable newspapers as "unpopular" media subsidized by a condescending, out-of-touch gentry.

  • Barry has been a public servant--of a sort--and America traditionally finds respectable retirements for its former leaders.

  • In the brisk new 20 th century, it seemed a good idea for lightly clad but respectable women to cover up their breasts and make sure they were held still--without, of course, reverting to the lines of the old-fashioned corset.

  • agreeable, delightful, respectable (often used in vague commendation by those who are not nice...)


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