cardinal virtue

Example Sentences

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"I heard that forgiveness is a cardinal virtue for Hindus," I said.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2021

Doubt is a cardinal virtue in the sciences, which advance through skeptics’ willingness to question the experts.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2020

Truth was the cardinal virtue of Zoroastrianism, with lying being synonymous with evil.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

At Cravath, staying out of the media was a cardinal virtue.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2018

He often boasted that storms were his m�tier, meaning their tonal reproduction in orchestral form or on the keyboard—but I suspect that patience was his cardinal virtue.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James