worthier

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

The irony is that Pacino did several worthier turns after his Oscar win: “The Insider,” “Donnie Brasco,” even “Glengarry Glen Ross” from the same year, 1992, is better: the definitive Ricky Roma.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

Through the miracle of technology, transhumanists believe that the human species must orchestrate its obsolescence so that some worthier, digitized human form might emerge, phoenix-like from its shadow.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2023

Your Honor, for the sake of this boy and myself, I wish I could bring to this Court evidence of a morally worthier nature.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright