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Example sentences for "respectable"

Lexicographically close words:
respeck; respecks; respect; respectabilities; respectability; respectably; respecte; respected; respecter; respecters
  1. The only question was how to get rid of one who was too respectable to be contumeliously cast aside, but too much of a pedant to be entrusted with a delicate administrative operation.

  2. Miss Elizabeth is an instinctively fashionable woman, practical withal, and to her mind success should be not only respectable but "smart.

  3. I shall take the vows--in some obscure but respectable pension.

  4. One of the oldest and most respectable merchants at the Cape made a voyage through these islands for the purpose of procuring gold dust, and he detailed to me the mode in which he conducted the traffic.

  5. I hope there was a respectable sum in the bank," said Mr. Haliburton, his spirits rising again.

  6. Your offer to set me on my legs again and make me a respectable member of society is friendly and, I suppose, natural; but it threatens a happy episode with a sad ending.

  7. Sprites of the more respectable orders will quit the company of men if scolded: Walter Mapes, De Nugis Curialium, ed.

  8. Gilbert bade Richard take the lady to the house of a respectable woman near by, and presently went to see her.

  9. But he threw up his profession on his marriage with Anne McHardy, a young woman resident in Exeter, but of Scottish origin, a member of a respectable family in Aberdeen.

  10. Joanna was a native of Gittisham, the daughter of William and Hannah Southcott, respectable people, the father a very small farmer.

  11. The Prouts were a respectable Cornish family of St. Stephen’s by Launceston, and an heiress of Grenville had married a Prout, and the sister and coheiress a Cary.

  12. They are respectable vers de société, such as any man of culture could have written.

  13. He went about lecturing on Art, and these lectures brought him in a respectable revenue, but he was ever underwater.

  14. He went in a collier from Dartmouth to Newcastle, and there he fell in love with a Miss Grey, daughter of a respectable surgeon-apothecary of the town.

  15. He was of a respectable family, and his brother was a clergyman at Salisbury.

  16. By the sale of her sealed passports to heaven Joanna obtained a very respectable revenue, and from being a poor working drudge she blossomed out into a woman of substance.

  17. His great achievement was, that, not being a man of culture, he could write such respectable “poems.

  18. We are somewhat surprised that the rumour should have obtained circulation, as the unfortunate man is described as being of respectable appearance.

  19. As these offences apply only to those who have no right to eat, the wealthy and respectable portion of society need be under no apprehension that they will be exposed to any inconvenience by the operation of the new law.

  20. She believed in no other; thought Shakespeare sentimental where he was not low, and Bacon pompous; Addison thoroughly respectable and gentlemanly.

  21. Well, is his father not a respectable man?

  22. All very natural, Nell; but in the mean time, she might easily have chosen a more respectable associate.

  23. And pray, Nell," said his worship, "how did you form so sudden an acquaintance with this respectable looking woman?

  24. Miss Thursby," he said coolly, "is the daughter of an eminently respectable family in reduced circumstances.

  25. As things now stand, with everything respectable destroyed without us, and an attempt to destroy within us every principle of respect, one is almost forced to apologize for harboring the common feelings of men.

  26. Consequently I had no choice but to appear as a born believer, and part of my birthright in that respectable character was toil and trouble in obtaining a tezkirah.

  27. A man was not considered respectable unless he had at least seven wives; neither were women considered worthy of general esteem unless they had as many as five husbands.

  28. Open profligacy is of course frowned upon in all respectable circles; and yet wealth and accomplishments will cover a multitude of sins.

  29. Among respectable people in France such liberties are not tolerated; and a young man who should propose such things would be dismissed from the house instantly, and would be regarded as unfit for association with virtuous people.

  30. They insinuate themselves into the drawing-rooms of the most respectable families; they are always on hand at social gatherings of every sort.

  31. Such is the somber perspective of the sacrilegious unions which set at defiance the most respectable instincts, the most noble desires, and the most legitimate hopes.

  32. Respectable employment she cannot find, for rumor follows her.

  33. To a person fit to take the office, the life of a clergyman is a type of all that is respectable and happy.

  34. In fact, a large majority of the most respectable citizens were opposed to the enterprise, and they accordingly determined, if possible, to crush the dangerous project in the bud.

  35. I must here say, in justice to the reputation of South Carolina, that no respectable Carolinian refuses to shake hands with a black man, unless--the black happens to be free.

  36. Yes, I let furnished lodgings to strangers, but only to respectable people.

  37. So, Mr. Cheat, you have the assurance to fool a respectable man, and make game of him?

  38. I was formerly acquainted with this respectable young man; you have no occasion to be suspicious of him.

  39. Does he pretend impudently to slander a most respectable young lady, thinking, perhaps, I should only laugh at it?

  40. We wound along the wide valley, doing our best to keep the mules going at a respectable pace, and finding that there was quite an art in accomplishing it on a hireling.

  41. Nobody seemed to know very much about her; several nice-looking young girls and exceedingly respectable young men sent her flowers.

  42. First of all, madame, I must tell you that my name is Charles Rochebrune, that I was born in Paris, of respectable parents; I can easily prove what I assert.

  43. I have tried every possible means of bringing you back to a respectable mode of life.

  44. When at last she goes home, just as she is entering the house, she is saluted, and sometimes accosted, by a young man of most respectable aspect, whom she invariably meets when she goes out.

  45. Above all, she has an interesting, respectable look, which ought to protect her from the schemes of seekers after adventures.

  46. The waiters did their utmost to restore peace, testifying that Balloquet had dined upstairs with some most respectable gentlemen.

  47. The English are a more respectable and constant [unconstant?

  48. In a country so chequered as the United States, such must be expected; but I can also assert, that there are many very highly respectable and clever editors in the United States.

  49. Strange to say, I have heard the system of the South defended by very respectable individuals.

  50. A man said, 'I know of a most respectable public-house where you can go: all the artists draw from thence.

  51. Yet I am glad that most of the more respectable reviews say exactly the opposite, and certainly the public does not seem to agree with those I have quoted; it would be terribly expensive if it did.

  52. Swearing may not be respectable, but it is a great deal more respectable than never wanting to.

  53. I See Next Chapter It is good to rise early in the morning, when the world is still respectable and nobody has used it yet, and sit and look at it, try to realise it.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "respectable" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    respectable family; respectable woman