Army discipline would, it was assumed, turn the juvenile ruffian into a respectable citizen.

In between crimes he worked as a salesman and insurance agent, and could easily pass for a respectable citizen.

Where the soldier came from, the owners of vehicles like these are respectable citizens.

When a group of respectable citizens pays to do exactly the same thing, it's called coasteering.

Neither need nor greed, she says, can explain why respectable citizens do such things.

It wasn't a respectable profession; they knew you were up for hire.

In the late nineteenth century, an artist was not considered a respectable profession.

Teaching chess or playing chess as a career had truly become a respectable profession.

Many contributed anonymously, as writing was not always seen as a respectable profession.

Journalism was no longer seen as a respectable profession.