piously

Example Sentences

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It’s into this context that Judge Barrett steps as a piously Catholic woman and a Supreme Court nominee.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2020

The show’s wall text piously bills this design as taking a moral stand that chooses cultural transparency over opacity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2019

He had always been piously against “profiting off the failures of others,” as he put it.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2018

So it was easy to scoff at the sight of the recently reformed workaholic Arianna Huffington piously advising Hillary Clinton last week to stop “trying to do everything” and make room for something called “self-care”.

From The Guardian • May 13, 2016

“Breaded veal cutlets are very nutritious,” Milo admonished him piously.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller