From his voice and the way he carried on, I expected someone cool and polished, slickly governmental, with a respectable suit and regulation haircut.

He would go to his evening reading in his most respectable suit and brazen it out.

George felt carefully at the well-worn, respectable black suit, the lank, dun-coloured hair, the hand-knitted pullover, the laces and sole of the one remaining shoe.

He toned down his hillbilly twang and "replaced his yellow boots and loud checks with a respectable suit, tie and glasses".

What we would deem as light opening bids were fine as long as you had a respectable suit.

No, the character played by the jovial Ms. Monk, who has trouble with a cabdriver, too, looks entirely respectable in her red pashmina and stylish black suit.

Felix, being older, prevailed, however, and they had worn respectable suits with ties, though the doming was not new.

His eye fell on Elizabeth's clothes, which, though a respectable suit of black, and her very best, were decidedly old-fashioned even to Casterbridge eyes.

To her relief he wore a rather shabby but quite respectable suit, with legs of equal length.

In such circumstances, an overcall in a respectable four-card suit is nowadays considered acceptable, even if vulnerable.