in virtue of
Example Sentences
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Well, you can think about how much better is the world in virtue of having that particular beautiful creature.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2022
It is someone, not something, in virtue of there being “something it is like” to be that creature, in the words of philosopher Thomas Nagel.
From Slate • Jun. 21, 2022
The miracles were performed in virtue of the martyrs collectively less than four years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Harding was generally respected, if only in virtue of his position.
From Time Magazine Archive
All grants of benefices made by the pope in virtue of the droit d'expectative are hereby declared null.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin
