righteousness

Example Sentences

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“Alas,” Chen says, “neither virtue nor righteousness is worth a single penny in today’s China.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

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

How we wives and mothers do perish at the hands of our own righteousness.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver