piety
Example Sentences
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You’ve seen a couple hundred of them by the time you hit second or third grade, so you become familiar with the muted ethereal glow, the heavenly gaze and the look of piety.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Iskander’s David is a young man whose youthful piety and heroism make him a sympathetic figure, notwithstanding the bag of cold cuts.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
The pope "wanted to see for himself what is happening in Monaco, where this movement of renewal is based on an embraced faith, and on an inclusive popular piety and devotion," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Corruption came as easily to them as piety did.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
“I know litde of Marguerite. She is the secretary of Mother Ermentrude and privy to all her business. She is most secret and excells in piety among us,” she says.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing piety
The Poet X
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"The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving
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