self-respecting

Example Sentences

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"All self-respecting captains go down with their ships," James Watt declared in his finance memoir Business for Punks in 2015.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Many of them, Losey said, assume the insects must be a different bug altogether, since “no self-respecting ladybug would come into my house.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

It was the only decision any self-respecting boxer of Álvarez’s caliber could have made, surprising only Paul, last seen trading punches with 58-year-old Mike Tyson while netting a gate of $18,117,072.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

There are those who might argue for the former on unifying patriotic grounds, but the latter is the only defensible, self-respecting and indeed ethical posture, especially given present circumstances.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2024

The going would be troublesome in the wet, and anyway no self-respecting rabbit could leave without a forage round the sheds.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams