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
“With the speed of the ball, it could have killed the girl,” he piously observed, as the tournament referee appeared on the scene.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2016
She would read on and on forever, while the two of them nodded piously at each other.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
