decent person
Example Sentences
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Racial discrimination has by no means been vanquished from the U.S., and no decent person wants to see race relations return to what they were 70 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
“The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt,” Orwell wrote, “is that it is possible to be a normal decent person and yet to be fully alive.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
American politicians have threatened to do the same - and UK Trade Minister Chris Bryant said on Friday morning he should attend if asked to do so, as any "decent person" would.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 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
He said Charles had good taste, that I was the most decent person he knew, then he went to bed.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
