moral
Example Sentences
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In both cases, lawmakers argued that their moral influence and national stature merited exceptional recognition.
From Salon
Indeed, a moral message was central to many board games of the era.
I’ve written previously about Partovi’s moral outrage over the number of severely ill people who either are not deemed “gravely disabled” or who spin repeatedly through three-day holds and return to the same self-destructive routines.
From Los Angeles Times
“No artist, agent or employee should ever be expected to defend or overlook actions that conflict so deeply with our own moral values,” said Roan, the singer of “Good Luck, Babe!”
Plump quarterly payments are relatively scarce, so the fund’s top holdings cover mostly familiar ground: oil, soda, fighter jets, pills, cigarettes, and for those with the moral flexibility for it, phone service.
From Barron's
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