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Meanings of decent people in English

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Usage of decent people in English
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I also know many decent people who work for the NFL's teams.
The Guardian
2
You are a snob in your pretended hatred of all decent people.
December Love
3
There is no formula in which we may sum up decent people.
The Longest Journey
4
Wailing: a police trap, to let decent people burn in a fire.
The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein
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He thought he was one of the more decent people around town.
Family album
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It is time for all decent people to resist his devious tune.
The Guardian
7
There were some two or three decent people from the county round.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
8
It will be a godsend for him to meet some decent people.
The Heart of Una Sackville
9
Tens of Arbiters Elegantiarum could not transform those Trimalchilons into decent people.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
10
Hard that, I guess, for decent people to locate over the horses.
Roughing It in the Bush
11
He shall live with decent people, and have his talent properly cultivated-
The Reason Why
12
Waster kids dressed in patched and frayed garments, but not decent people.
The Reality Dysfunction
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There'll be no decent people here at this hour o' the nicht.
Up the Hill and Over
14
I don't understand how he happened to get about among decent people.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig: A Novel
15
One can hardly have come of decent people all through, you know.
The Vicar's Daughter
16
How could decent people, people in society, protect themselves against such creatures!
Sir George Tressady — Volume I
This collocation consists of:
Decent people through the time
Decent people across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
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