sanctimonious

Example Sentences

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But Lucy Theo, a psychotherapist, counsellor and mother is urging parents to resist the "sanctimonious" idea that screens are inherently harmful.

From BBC

And their sanctimonious approach to history becomes very tiresome very quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal

I dig that kind of culpability: a film that doesn’t point sanctimonious fingers but insists we’re all to blame.

From Los Angeles Times

Straughan’s writing deftly considers the moral crises we’re steeped in today without feeling preachy, which is a considerable achievement given that a film about faith is the perfect excuse to be sanctimonious.

From Salon

"It would be so sanctimonious without any humour in it."

From BBC