Of good character

Usage examples of upstanding.

When the Bishop and Bruer entered with three men deemed to be solid, upstanding citizens of Rothenberg and a notary, she blended into the background, a nonentity invisible to their esteemed eyes.

The addition of a dozen pairs of black silk stockings, several pairs of gloves, two bonnets, one with upstanding plumes and one with knots of lute-string ribbon, a nightgown, and a fine woolen shawl in shades of white, gray, and black would, she was certain, not only fill out her wardrobe, but also give Rud a disagreeable surprise when it came time to pay the bill.

Levy has been treating me like a drug-addled skank who wants to deflower her fine, upstanding son.

Legs, snuck him into some upstanding hotel where no durn greasy redskins was allowed.

For a while it was called the Raymond Place, like Will was some kind of upstanding citizen.

Watson had commenced to wander, and maybe Ed figured he needed an upstanding citizen to back him up.

Johnson asked the postmaster to come along to testify to our God-fearing characters, Ted being the closest thing we had to a upstanding citizen.

Besides, the deceased had folks back in Fort Myers, and fine upstanding folks at that.

Course, Huntington was the right sort, you know, upstanding and from a good family so there was no reason for her to doubt the captain would be pleased.

Most of Kent County believed him to be a fine upstanding citizen, which his actions made undeniable.

This theory has it that the prince, never known as the brightest light or most upstanding exemplar of the Hanover line, suffered from effects of syphilis on the brain as a result of his debauching and that he used to slum in Whitechapel and pick up lowly women.

Both cases involved an upstanding, well-off, community-pillar defendant, represented by the finest legal team money could buy, who vigorously proclaimed innocence of the savage mutilation murders of one male and one female victim by bladed weapons that were not found at the scene.

Her hair was like fine-spun platinum, with the upstanding ears adorned with sparkling red jewels.

He had lost the tips of both upstanding ears to the cold, and these were still bandaged.

They somewhat resembled Jagun the Nyssomu, but were shorter and more fragile in appearance, with wider, more upstanding ears, larger golden eyes, and sharper teeth in their broad mouths.