righteousness
Example Sentences
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For me, empathy and that elusive righteousness is about restoring lost dignity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
The service heard how she had lived with beauty, goodness and righteousness.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025
Instead, he seems as if he’s trying to lacquer on a veneer of righteousness to some very nasty business.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
Based on an especially tough-minded piece of writing, this is a film that will get you contemplating pettiness and righteousness both.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
Friends, there exists on this planet a delicate balance, a balance between good and evil, righteousness and wretchedness, crime and punishment.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
Vocabulary lists containing righteousness
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Christmas Carol Vocab: A Lyrical Lexicon
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