piety

Example Sentences

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Much of the public wanted a different take on war - and one that challenged solemn pieties at the heart of Official Remembrance.

From BBC

I marveled at how those marks of piety remained, just an hour away from the Rooms hotel’s sleek pool deck.

From The Wall Street Journal

To embody the idea of filial piety to appeal to the Grand Queen Dowager, Yeon creates doenjang-guk, a traditional soybean paste stew, but adds two special ingredients: spinach and clams.

From Salon

Democrats will have to decide what they trust more: the judgment of last year’s voters or the self-serving pieties of Mr. Smith.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Punch” could easily have become a bog of pieties and earnest, uplifting lessons about the necessity of forgiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal