decency
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Society and pop culture, not to mention basic decency, have taught us, over and over, to be horrified by a vicious mother.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
This can last for years, even decades, and despite hopeful moments of decency and respite from perceived indifference, bad actors will show you who they are time and again, if you let them.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Deputy prime minister Richard Marles described her as a "beacon of decency".
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Mr. Kessler wonders if planes will need talking and nontalking sections, like quiet cars on trains, and asks, “How about common decency instead?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
She was stubborn, very, and she wasn’t about to surrender her decency or mercy for a sound day’s sleep.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
It’s all rather consoling in an era where . . . well, we shouldn’t ever take such decencies for granted.
From Washington Post ● May 23, 2019
By refusing to recognize the virtues of others, or even to observe the ordinary decencies, he succeeds only in diminishing himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2018
We are ruled by "prohibitive decencies", our passions are sublimated, we have had to learn "to press our roaring blood into quieter channels".
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2013
They have only somewhat more of the comforts and decencies of life than those who furnish them.”
From New York Times ● May 3, 2012
Even in the midst of war, certain decencies needed to be observed.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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