respectability

Example Sentences

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“It throws an air of respectability about five-dollar dealings that are sheer gambling,” the Inquirer wrote Sept. 25, 1878.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

U.S. backing gave them respectability and visibility, helping some to overcome their pariah status.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 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 was scrupulous about the use of his title because, his investigations being so utterly unscientific, he hoped to borrow an air of respectability, even scholarly authority, from his education.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson