Words similar to self-respecting

Example sentences for: self-respecting

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No self-respecting cultural critic could resist a potshot at Time and Newsweek for putting The Blair Witch Project on their covers--even though it is the best movie showing at the moment.
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Again, you can hire a taxi or pick up a bicycle rental (give it a test ride first, as many are so primitive that they would be scoffed at by any self-respecting commuter from Hanoi or Beijing).
Now let me tell you where you're wrong (oh, how I love writing those words): I didn't say that mobsters aren't taking their cues from The Sopranos . What I said was that no self-respecting mobster would want to be a member of Tony Soprano's sad-sack crew.
Every self-respecting dictator will decorate himself with grand military titles--but let us set these baubles aside and concentrate on dictatorships run by genuine career military officers.