How to use "decency" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "decency" in popular movie and book plots

  • However Mamie's good nature and decency are gradually acknowledged, and she triumphs in the end.  - You Live and Learn
  • There, they desperately attempt to convince the death sphere that there is still some decency on Earth by performing a purity chant.  - In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
  • His only hope of any decency lies in his friendship with the town's saloon singer and whore, Hanna.  - Whity (film)
  • She is immediately confronted by her mother for having sold her decency and self-respect for success and money.  - Return to Peyton Place (film)
  • Robin appeals to whatever decency she has left, imploring her to release Aunt Harriet from her being suspended over a tub of flaming oil.  - A Death Worse Than Fate
  • H demands that Brody bring the children back in, because her decency will give him the moral approval that he needs to do the "unthinkable".  - Unthinkable
  • Saraswati’s parents too are impressed by Kedar’s decency and simplicity; she softens up to Kedar.  - Dadar Kirti
  • Gradually, however, Felkin, and Connie, become reformed by the decency and humanity of the Linder family.  - The Raging Tide
  • Ricardo’s kindness and decency cause Maria Isabel to fall in love with him, though she keeps it a secret for many years.  - María Isabel (1997 telenovela)
  • However, Ruth accuses him of being scared and accuses him of not having the decency to come clean when breaking up with a woman.  - Catch-22 (Lost)
  • Along the way, Max discovers his innate decency towards all three of his subjects, the fact that he really wasn't so bad all along.  - The Devil and Max Devlin
  • Milay is outraged, mainly because Gerald didn't have the decency to come to their own son's funeral.  - Meet the Browns (play)
  • The final one, Pollexfen, pursues Byron vigorously, which causes her to criticise him over a lack of morals and decency of character.  - The History of Sir Charles Grandison
  • The wild, eccentric Rimbaud displays no sense of manners or decency whatsoever, scandalising Verlaine's pretentious, bourgeois in-laws.  - Total Eclipse (film)
  • Comparing the two, the Melbourne press surmised: "Undoubtedly Wills throws sometimes, but there is some decency about it, some disguise".  - Tom Wills
  • With some degree of decency restored, Lydia visits Elizabeth and tells her that Mr Darcy was at the wedding.  - Pride and Prejudice

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