principled
Example Sentences
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Will’s objections, based on his past writings, may be more aesthetic than principled, the product of a neatly compartmentalized mind.
From Salon
In the immediate term, America needs the equivalent of those retired cops and off-duty sheriffs from 1976—principled leaders who step up as a stopgap for the most urgent challenges.
His side are very principled in the way they play and they will cause Newcastle problems.
From BBC
Ms. Kuin characterizes these ironic boasts as “a principled attack on the institution of slavery.”
Vigorous, principled disagreement remains essential to a thriving democracy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
