pious

Example Sentences

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At the risk of sounding more pious than I am: When every game, every half, every quarter and even every shot is attached to gambling odds, good old-fashioned storytelling gets choked out.

From Los Angeles Times

Even the pious Mike Pence went full MAGA, proclaiming it a "political prosecution."

From Salon

“In the Quran, paradise is described in several sections as this big, luscious garden with flowers, greenery, waters. … If you live a pious life, you can enter,” Krody says.

From Washington Post

Now she lives a quiet, pious life with her mother and her daughter, Marjana.

From New York Times

Fervent supporters saw it as just reward for a leader who put Islamist teachings back at the core of public life and championed the pious working classes.

From Reuters