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Example sentences for: respected

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I knew him and liked and respected him.
Henry Hyde, the widely respected head of the Judiciary Committee, is the Republicans' "ace in the hole," says Mark Shields (PBS's NewsHour With Jim Lehrer ). But the committee is filled with GOP "full mooners," he adds, who will make the Republicans look clownish.
This is America, and we hold that people deserve to be admired or respected because they have earned respect or admiration.
The most respected mechanic in the village of St. Martin d'Ardèche, not far from where I live, is called Monsieur Salaud . And in another nearby village the job of mayor is held down by the amiable Madame Bordel . Perfectly ordinary-sounding French names--with the sole drawback that salaud means `bastard' and bordel means `brothel'; and all over France these unfortunates have for company the bearers of such names as Lacrotte `turd,' Vachier `piss off,' Connard `bloody fool,' and Putin `whore'-- not to mention such real unprintables like Baize and Ducon .
The army was-and remains-the country's strongest and most respected institution, and the army had been and continues to be preoccupied with its rivalry with India, especially over the disputed territory of Kashmir.