decent person

Example Sentences

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He was also a normal decent person, and fully alive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

I don’t like many of her politics, but I do trust that she is a principled and decent person.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2025

“I think that any decent person knows the difference between what’s right and what’s wrong. We don’t live in a dictatorship,” the registered Democrat said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

"Every honest, decent person that lives in the area that South East Antrim covers would obviously love to see an end to organised crime and we would welcome it," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024

Don't be weird; just be a decent person.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner