Examples of 'decency' in a sentence

Meaning of "decency"

decency (noun) - The quality of being polite, moral, and respectable in one's behavior
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  • The quality of being decent; propriety.
  • That which is proper or becoming.

How to use "decency" in a sentence

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At least have the decency to be straight with me.
Decency and simplicity is of no use in this world.
Do not expect decency from his kind.
Decency is what your grandmother taught you.
At least she has the decency to do it in person.
We are just asking for basic human decency.
Common decency dictated the whole thing.
Just did not have the decency to own up to it.
Common decency can no longer be called common.
There is still some decency in this world.
To comprehend human altruism and common decency.
At least he had the decency to be forthcoming about it.
Cause you never had the decency.
Have the decency not to say anything.
I would hoped to appeal to your sense of decency.

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It is an affront to decency and a threat to our stability.
You have to maintain some standards of decency.
Hope he has the decency to leave tonight.
I am trying to show them a little common decency.
At least have the decency to be a little magnanimous.
You do not show travelers common decency.
Just have the decency to keep silent.
It will indeed be a triumph for human decency.
The love of decency does not abide in you.
I would at least have the decency to leave.
People of decency will wish him well.
All this for the absurd decency.
At least have the decency to turn away.
We no longer have any common sense of decency.
Then at least have the decency to be haunted by it.
This place used to have some decency.
At least have the decency to be honest with me.
She can at least have the decency of.
One has the decency to stay at home.
Guys think of it as a vacation from common decency.
We will know your decency when we meet.
In the office you are the embodiment of decency.
Let us hope that decency will prevail.
They can all attest to her decency.
Notable for decency and civil courage.
It does not even have the decency to snow.
She has no decency and has no manners.
At least mine had the decency to die.
Years of decency and clean living are over.
Within the bounds of decency and taste.
As long as it remains within the boundaries of decency.
At least have the decency not to lie to me.
They ask for and deserve decency.
Without having the decency or the courtesy.
The first of these is common human decency.

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