When his report card arrived, he made a respectable showing.
In its first weekend, the movie took in $12.3 million, a respectable showing, but not fantastic.
All four of the new technology stocks have had respectable showings.
Though he spent only $1000 on the campaign, Ritcher had a respectable showing at the polls and finished third of four candidates.
Though he made a respectable showing, he was unsuccessful each time.
The frog makes a respectable showing, the flea, however, is better at the high jump!
The dead, meanwhile, have not made a respectable showing on Election Day for many years.
That is a respectable showing, but a far cry from his 15- and 20-point spreads in earlier years, when the fund was easier to maneuver.
A respectable showing in Nagano would help the game's cause.
Maybe you were nothing special, but you'd made a respectable showing.