Upstanding in a sentence

Darius was a diligent and upstanding 29-year-old Army veteran who was tragically shot and killed while walking home late one evening last year.

It is to our national shame it is easier to offend against children and be considered an upstanding citizen than it is to prove your credibility as a survivor of child sexual abuse.

Our councillors are a fine upstanding lot, as pure and unpolluted as the lovely River Deel.

Sorry, but a paid subscription isn't a metal detector that pulls all of the upstanding, faithful singles up out of the crowd.

The crowd dispersed and the view in every direction was filled with the upstanding stems of kusha grass the initiates held in their hands, said a post on the official website of the Dalai Lama.

The original Human Torch is known for being morally upstanding, and has become a niche favorite among modern comic book readers.

But the hate and discrimination – for an upstanding citizen and minor league ball player – was unending.

It’s upstanding of you to stay with someone and take care of him in his condition, but that’s enough of a sacrifice.

Everyone has their favorite hero from the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as their favorite Avenger, but Captain America is generally seen as the most upstanding of the Avengers when it comes to morality.

Fans have adored him for decades as the morally upstanding figure he is, and Chris Evans' beloved take on the character has charmed moviegoers since his in the MCU nearly a decade ago.

Fine, upstanding folks who definitely don't rip off the poor and desperate.

They've been upstanding — I want to use the term citizens but the problem is, they're not, they have no status.

While Hermione is probably the most upstanding as far as always making the rich decisions, she also has times where she’s hypocritical or doesn’t make good decisions.

While that may have been an artistic choice he is at liberty to make, the film fails to escape from the larger rhetoric relentlessly pushed at the time of demonetisation: that of the moral upstanding middle class citizen.

Dr. Baugh was described as upstanding in the execution of his roles as Minister of Health, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator, and Member of Parliament.

Isn’t this the same upstanding gentleman who froze his foot and had issues with having to use a different helmet?

Looking out for others, and following through with considerate actions—that’s the mark of an upstanding individual.

This is absolutely not to say that there are not loving, upstanding people who are doctors, researchers, or otherwise as part of the Western medical establishment.

Will it be Curly, the upstanding cowboy, who makes up for in charm what he lacks in money and land?

His opponents embrace the decision to leave the EU as a victory for the upstanding citizen against everything: liberals, political correctness, experts, bureaucrats, Vince Cables, residents’ parking bays, hummus.