public spirit

Example Sentences

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The tragedy is undeniable, but so is the triumph of Haring’s art, advocacy and public spirit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Now they’re graveyards of sanity and public spirit.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021

Perhaps the Ryder and Presidents Cup lose a tad of luster because match play is not as much a novelty, but those events are more fueled by public spirit and patriotism than playing formats.

From Golf Digest • May 7, 2020

"It may be the creation of a multimillionaire artist with his own agenda to pursue, but it has a real and generous public spirit."

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2016

The long continuance of despotic government had gradually destroyed the active public spirit of which Stoicism was the expression.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole