Respectability in example sentence

Whatever the merits – and they are considerable – of her arguments against the bigotry of Islamic or African customs, especially those concerning the treatment of women, she lent respectability to bigotry of a different kind: the native resentment of foreigners, and Muslims in particular.

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They got their title of respectability.

But what it does show is that it's sort of gaining ground, it's gaining respectability.

With age comes the veneer of respectability and a veneer of uncomfortable truths.

The Church, while still under the zealous influence of the Spanish Inquisition, would allow Juana to retain her independence and respectability while remaining unmarried.

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