respectability

Example Sentences

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Theater artists who have come of age in this period have been released from the burden of having to conform to notions of regional theater respectability.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

One of Christianity’s deepest convictions is that social standing, respectability and material recognition are not the measures of a life.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

One victim's family says Bush operated behind a veneer of respectability.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

There was something else that academics offered Epstein beyond a veneer of respectability: access.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

“To imagine that for reasons of respectability, if you lived in North Carolina, you would want to be a Presbyterian rather than a Baptist doesn’t play anymore.”

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times