respectable
Example Sentences
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Shiffrin won gold in slalom, as expected, and finished a respectable fifth in the giant slalom.
Now, 60 years later, similar images of “respectable white people” being abused by police and other law enforcement are having a powerful impact on public opinion.
From Salon
Disillusioned with Hollywood, Wilson moved his wife and children to what he jokingly called a “respectable, Republican, upper-middle-class” neighborhood in Mission Viejo.
From Los Angeles Times
“The more we face containment and suppression, the more we must promote open cooperation in the cultural field, and showcase a credible, lovely and respectable image of China,“ Li told a forum in May.
“Barnum helped to make theater and entertainment respectable on a mass level,” Wilson says.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
