righteousness
Example Sentences
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The service heard how she had lived with beauty, goodness and righteousness.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025
A theater can scarcely contain the love the audience develops for her, such is her determination and the righteousness of her quest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Even after Blanc arrives, he’s confounded to find himself occasionally standing on the sidelines, a bystander in Jud’s moral crusade to herd his congregation toward righteousness.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 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 roared, looking about the room, rolling now, caught up in the rhythms of his own oratory, the fever and righteousness of his message.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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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