self-respecting

[ US /ˌsɛɫfɹɪˈspɛktɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having or showing self-esteem
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How To Use self-respecting In A Sentence

  • Not long ago, Comdex was the one and only place where any self-respecting technology company would demo a new product line.
  • No self-respecting actor would appear in a porn movie.
  • At one time, every self-respecting choral society programmed his cantata Hiawatha's Wedding Feast.
  • As every self-respecting Yorkshireman knows, this is the highest inn in England, perched at 1,732 above sea level.
  • Nor will any self-respecting woman. Times, Sunday Times
  • As hellfire-spiced love muffins go this beauty rates five big ones in any self-respecting cookie jar.
  • No self-respecting gambler would play odds of 14 million to one.
  • No self-respecting politician can ever be seen to be alone nowadays, and so whenever there is a camera around, the party leader and candidate are mobbed by pretend voters.
  • No self-respecting pasta-maker would use anything else for making fresh pasta or pizza, come to that.
  • I am married and have a grown-up daughter, also married, and I am a normal, respectable and self-respecting person.
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