How to Use respectable in a Sentence

respectable

adjective

• She comes from a very respectable family.
• Duke has at least been respectable for some time.
  — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
• To me, that’s a respectable man.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• That front is a good, respectable front, man.
  — Pete Sweeney november 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Nov. 2025
• The team results were not as rosy but were still respectable.
  — Will Lee For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
• Range is respectable for the segment, too.
  — New Atlas, 18 Feb. 2026
• Adams was so frugal that his friends bought him more respectable clothes.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 May 2026
• The Bears defense at least looked respectable to start the year.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
• His curve is a legit out pitch and the rest of his repertoire is respectable.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• The boat’s friendly cruise is a very respectable 40 mph.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
• There's some pretty respectable people or at least one, right?
  — Calie Schepp, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2022
• There’s some pretty respectable people, or at least one, right?
  — Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• There’s some pretty respectable people — or at least one, right?
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2022
• Cincinnati has one shot on goal and has a long climb to go to make this anything close to respectable.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2023
• Being on man time and being respectable.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 17 June 2026
• And that was a respectable thing for women of the upper middle class at that time.
  — Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
• In many of the stories, people look quite fancy and very respectable in a way.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2023
• Klaviyo turned in a respectable performance, but its debut was far from a moon shot.
  — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
• The recipe wasn’t conducive to a comeback, or much of a respectable attempt.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
• Their prospect pool is also quite respectable for a contending team.
  — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 13 June 2026
• Jonathan Taylor should be back, so the Colts should be able to keep it respectable.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• Two touchdowns late in the game, one coming with seconds left, made the deficit respectable.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 12 Nov. 2022
• Nithya is running a respectable campaign.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
• And at least Brentford’s human-rights record is respectable.
  — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
• Lukosius had a plus-24 plus/minus, respectable but fourth among the five starters.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2022
• My credit is almost back to something respectable but my bank account sure isn’t.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
• Hargis made the first throw of the day, a respectable 39 feet, 3 inches.
  — Lawrence Specker | , al, 26 Jan. 2023
• For that to work the offense needs to produce a respectable rushing attack.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
• No edge-setting, no run stopping, no respectable defense.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
• What had the feel of another early blowout turned into a respectable game again, fast.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026