Example sentences for: upstanding

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

  • Conclusion: Babbitt is a fine, upstanding man caught in an inconsequential transgression.

  • This book has the unintended effect of exposing the unappealing side of the school-choice crusade: The ideal parent of these pages does not remind me much of an upstanding, civic-minded citizen--the kind of patriot Bennett presumably admires.

  • I like to think of myself as a responsible, upstanding guy (even though I sell advertising for Slate ). So it was a bit of a shock yesterday to find myself detained as a suspect during a manhunt for a killer.

  • To lump these pillars of respectability in my life and in my community with the few bad seeds that slip through the cracks of the organization is a grave disservice to the thousands of men and women who willingly give their evenings, weekends, and dollars to an organization whose core goal is to mold impressionable boys into upstanding, moral men.

  • A single keystroke will give you the book, drain your bank account of five shiny quarters, and leave you feeling like an honest, upstanding citizen.


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