worthier

Example Sentences

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They almost certainly could have been put to work on worthier causes.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

In “Death of a Unicorn,” the last-act thrills just can’t match the early-going’s billionaire satire that gleefully prescribes a worthier comeuppance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

Extensive development work is being conducted to give old clothes and textiles a worthier end.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

From the early days, fitness seemed worthier if it came with a price tag.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

No doubt I should have been miserable whomsoever she had favoured; but a worthier object would have caused me a different kind and degree of distress.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens