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
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