virtue
Example Sentences
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Canada, also unbeaten after it thrashed France 10-2 earlier in the day, will take the top seed into the quarterfinals by virtue of its plus-17 goal differential.
From Los Angeles Times
Ed Crane had an endearing cranky streak, and up to his final days he’d send us email missives with an article attached, reminding us not to forget the virtues of liberty.
In every era it has had strengths and weaknesses, virtues and faults.
Foreign flavor can be the thing to spice up any portfolio, but don’t ignore the virtues of home comforts.
From Barron's
The French aphorist François de La Rochefoucauld remarked that “hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
