respectability

Example Sentences

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In contrast to the air of respectability which greeted grieving families, Moore says the rear of Legacy's premises was like "something out of a horror movie".

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Bakary Sambe of the Timbuktu Institute think-tank in Dakar told AFP that "Dicko is a figure who enjoys both religious respectability and popular support".

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

It challenged the idea of domestic respectability, treating the house as an open-ended experiment rather than a finished object.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

He later won election to the British Parliament, a marker of respectability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

They had to hide their desires behind a veneer of respectability.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray