How to Use respect in a Sentence

respect

1 of 2 noun

• The soldier saluted as a sign of respect.
• He has earned their respect.
• I expect to be treated with respect.
• Your theory makes sense in one respect.
• I have a great respect for his accomplishments.
• Despite our differences, I have enormous respect for him.
• With all due respect, this had to be held out in the open.
  — Erika Butler, The Aegis, 11 Aug. 2017
• Some of the women stretched out a hand to touch the body with respect.
  — Giada Zampano, Frances D'emilio, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2023
• It’s one of the safest places in the world with respect to the coronavirus.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 July 2021
• In a lot of respects, not a lot has changed in the landscape.
  — Cynthia Sewell, idahostatesman, 10 Jan. 2018
• There’s no lack of respect for the food or the diner, though.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
• But the movie is lodged in a very strange place with respect to genre.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2018
• Now, he is not viewed as a weak link, and that’s a sign of respect.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2022
• For the first time this season, the Ravens earned some respect.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2022
• There is often the idea that grief is a sign of love and respect.
  — Jacy Topps, Allure, 30 July 2019
• With all due respect, that coalition had the life span of a mayfly.
  — Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020
• The test of time The old Big 12 still might seem like a place to long for in certain respects.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• But there are a couple of respects in which the game falls flat.
  — Owen Duffy, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2018
• Chase the value with the books giving too much respect to the home team.
  — Esten McLaren, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 12 Dec. 2019
• So in this movie, my son was forced to gawk at me with great respect.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
• Yet, Davis pairs a healthy respect with his healthy body.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2021
• People have to have some kind of respect for the unknown.
  — Leonard David, Scientific American, 23 June 2022
• The only person Drake leaves any respect for on the project?
  — Drake Got Heated, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
• It was made in 1968, a bad year in most other respects.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
• The message: with all due respect, ref, your eyes are wrong.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 6 July 2018
• There is such profound love and respect between the two of them.
  — Megan Friedman, House Beautiful, 11 Sep. 2018
• The respect and admiration was a two-way path to the booth.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
• Stevens had to work harder to gain respect from her peers.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022
• Plus, teams have too much respect to just leave him alone.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
• The two men have a great deal of respect for one another.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 July 2022

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respect

2 of 2 verb

• The students respect the principal for his honesty.
• We need to respect the environment.
• I respect what she has accomplished.
• You must learn to respect other people's property.
• Used the right way, Slack respects people’s time and gets to the point.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune Well, 13 May 2023
• In either case, to be lagom is to respect the rules of the group.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
• Well Spent – Have to respect the speed on the rail here and will be a nice price.
  — NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2021
• Many of the players know him well, respect him and trust him.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2022
• Learn and respect the rules (in TV), but don’t get buried by them.
  — Rebecca Souw, Variety, 12 Oct. 2021
• So much for 'please respect those who can not wear a mask'.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 18 June 2020
• That’s a strong mom game right there, and rather than fight her on it, respect it.
  — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2021
• That part was a struggle for me — to just kind of respect myself through the process.
  — Ian Goldstein, Vulture, 22 July 2021
• Lots of the artists in the show seem to respect the intelligence of art lovers.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022
• People are drawn to her, look up to her, trust her and respect her.
  — Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2019
• And be the kind of man who can respect a woman’s agency and be kind to all.
  — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, 22 Nov. 2019
• But that player has to be respected, too, and that’s the hard thing.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2020
• For the love of God and tennis, please leave her alone and respect her wishes.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2021
• Try to respect your friend for being straight with you.
  — Philip Galanes, Chicago Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
• That opens up the doors for more people to respect that sound and utilize it.
  — Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2022
• Wearing a wig on set taught me to respect drag queens at a very young age!
  — ELLE, 29 Apr. 2022
• Fourth, the donor’s intent must be respected even when the donor has died.
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 27 June 2018
• But that doesn't mean the defenses won't have to respect the ground game.
  — Fortune, 12 Feb. 2022
• But these feelings don’t lead him to lash out at me or respect me any less.
  — Melissa Petro, Allure, 23 Aug. 2017
• To win and to be up there and feel wonderful and fat and glam and all these things, and to be respected.
  — Samuel Maude, ELLE, 11 July 2023
• We were led by that and the need to respect that complexity.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 June 2022
• Ask him, once, to please respect your choice and stop pressuring you.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
• There’s a lot of dairy and sugar — gotta respect the commitment.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2020
• That’s not to suggest the young players don’t respect their elders.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• Because my students here all respect me and like me very much. . . .
  — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2021
• By taking this approach, people will respect you more in the long run.
  — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 6 July 2022

Last Updated: 9 May 2024