virtue
Example Sentences
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Among its virtues, the Studio Museum is commendably generous to its artists in residence, who have studios and their own lounge.
Cynicism was called a shortcut to virtue because it involved no lengthy study or mental training such as that demanded by Plato.
But that says nothing about the virtue of the test—a grade-inflated exam may nevertheless identify stronger students from weaker ones.
More food, more money, and the symbolic pull of seven — sacraments, days of creation, virtues — turned a humble pre-Mass meal into a celebratory Italian-American blowout.
From Salon
The babies born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens by virtue of the 14th Amendment.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
