piously
Example Sentences
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In particular, he declared piously, Libra was designed to help émigrés in the rich world to send money to their relatives in the poor world without being ripped off by unscrupulous capitalists.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2019
The show’s wall text piously bills this design as taking a moral stand that chooses cultural transparency over opacity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2019
“The American people absolutely deserve access to the White House,” Epshteyn remarks piously, “and they should continue to pose their questions.”
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2017
And yet with no one to challenge him, the king can slip on a new mask and become Wolsey’s chief defender, piously lamenting the way Anne “practiced against” the poor fellow.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2015
“This ball of liberty, I believe most piously, he predicted, “is now so well in motion that it will roll around the globe.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
