upstanding

How To Use upstanding In A Sentence

• But neither of the victims, he concedes, were the most honest and upstanding of people.
• She is regarded as an upstanding citizen in the local community.
• Perhaps U2 should call themselves You Two/Too to avoid promoting textspeak among the youth, and The Killers could morph into The Upstanding Pillars Of The Community?
• We stand on opposite sides of a battlefield - a lolicon against an upstanding citizen; a man who demands 'plot' against a style hound; a self-depreciator against a self-aggrandizer (hint: I'm the latter). Anime Nano!
• She had changed the story about my father into one in which he seemed more like a hero or an upstanding member of society struggling against an addiction and winning.
• It meant that you and your family were fine upstanding people to be trusted with other people's money and secrets. Times, Sunday Times
• It's nice to know what a fine upstanding member of society he finds me.
• It gave him especial joy, he declared, to see so many young, upstanding men in the congregation.
• As if only those of upstanding character are bestowed with that other class of lottery win, inherited wealth. Times, Sunday Times
• THEY'RE the upstanding citizens who take an unexpected tumble - committing crimes that go against all they stand for. The Sun