upstanding

Example Sentences

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Jim Bob Duggar attempted a political comeback in 2021 when he ran for a vacated seat in the Arkansas state Senate, leaning on what he believed was his reputation as an upstanding family man.

From Los Angeles Times

“I know some upstanding people who’ve lived down worse than that. I’m not going to tell you which ones, though.”

From Literature

Local leaders and families are ordered to identify those they recognise as upstanding citizens.

From Barron's

But being active, upstanding members of the congregation mattered to his mother’s family.

From Literature

Flashbacks illustrate who Gacy’s victims were to the people who knew and loved them, landing on the more sensitive and sensible view that they saw Gacy as trustworthy, upstanding, and therefore unthreatening.

From Salon