sanctimonious
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Dahlia Lithwick: In your article, you draw out the fact that lawyers are extremely uneasy about invoking the language of morality, because morality is either too malleable or just sanctimonious and annoying.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
And their sanctimonious approach to history becomes very tiresome very quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
His “step aside” was in part sparked by a 2016 Thanksgiving altercation with his daughter’s dangerously sanctimonious husband, Shane.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
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 • Feb. 28, 2025
His froglike face grew calmer, and even took on a slightly sanctimonious expression.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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