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Sentence count:260+13Posted:2016-07-20Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: adequatecorrectfitproperrespectablerightsuitableAntonym: coarseindecentvulgarSimilar words: recentrecentlydeceptiveCent.scentper centcenteraccentMeaning: ['diːsnt]  adj. 1. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous 2. according with custom or propriety 3. conforming to conventions of sexual behavior 4. enough to meet a purpose 5. decently clothed 6. observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress. adv. in the right manner. 
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211. A whole mountain of decent clothing was needed for the poor of Whitechapel, so was some decent food.
212. Gesner was the one who ought to be slapped, but he had at least done the decent thing in abandoning Suzi.
213. He was giving palpitations to perfectly decent women, by lurking like this.
214. At a decent interval later, twice-divorced Whoopi, 43, would saunter out, like any other unattached lady guest.
215. All pets need feeding, clean bedding, decent living conditions and amusement.
216. After a decent interval, the three of them resumed their conversation, much to my relief.
217. Do not these people have the right to a decent life in prison, or even the right to life?
218. There are many others, including some actually decent ethnic food lunch buffets.
219. Dinner doesn't bode well for the food-loving gentleman entering the kitchen without a decent set of knives.
220. For expatriates with offshore accounts, this represents a decent tax-free return on an investment that carries no risk to capital.
221. So powerful had these embattled minorities become, that decent chaps like him had been forced upon the defensive.
222. The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals. Sydney J. Harris 
223. Earl Grey never seemed such a decent chap, and we laze back to enjoy his brew.
224. Such trivial pursuits, he said, were never likely to end in a decent job.
225. However, it was not easy to use and required a certain amount of both skill and effort to achieve decent results.
226. He was a very decent man but had not been blessed with all the faculties one would normally expect.
227. With a decent sleeping bag, a night under canvas in even the bleakest of winters is cosy and restful.
228. He is 25-10-2 in three seasons, with what many would call decent wins, if not big ones.
229. That night I tried not being decent, being sharp and bitchy,(http://sentencedict.com/decent.html) instead.
230. Umbria is a wonderful region where life is simple and the people are decent country folk.
231. I had seen otherwise perfectly decent people in Delhi abusing their servants as if they were pets.
232. He just does not want to pay his players decent wages.
233. It hadn't even been a decent interval, and here it was again.
234. I want a decent job, I want to do something useful, and something interesting.
235. I could never get a decent swing with my left hand, but at best I would use it only to repel boarders.
236. Do try and get him to eat some decent food.
237. Besides, loving children says nice things about you, too, as a caring and decent person.
238. He did the decent thing, and dropped them from his speech.
239. I don't know. Just because someone's pretty doesn't mean she's decent. Or vice versa. I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting. Sarah Dessen 
240. Indeed, in the midst of gleaming, snorting cappuccino machines, you are hard-pressed to find a decent cup of tea.
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