haleness

Example Sentences

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There’s a haleness, a sense of sincerity and belonging to The Collective that can feel congregational.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2018

We perceive the old farmer on his door-step in the evening—love and life-lines of labour upon him; we enjoy his haleness and laughter....

From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Comfort, Will Levington

I was mightily impressed by the haleness of the old men and women, which one rarely sees in America.

From High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by Hall, James Norman

The original root hal means haleness or wholeness and also refers to healing, and curiously enough the word holiness is derived from the same root.

From Religion And Health by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Character is physical robustness to the extent that this latter is spiritual haleness, and in so far as it is compact, firm, steadfast thought.

From The Reform of Education by Gentile, Giovanni