righteousness

Example Sentences

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So how is it that one can’t speak righteousness?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

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

He hated the acridness in his mother’s and father’s relationship, the conviction of righteousness they each held on to with both hands.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison