virtue
Example Sentences
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I wish I could say that was the only time I chased virtue and optimization until I crashed out hard — exhausted, confused and disconnected from my own hunger — but it wasn’t.
From Salon
As America’s 250th anniversary draws near, American democracy continues to depend on the character, habits and civic virtue of its citizens.
“Stand” is an exploration of 10 virtues—“agency, vulnerability, patriotism, truth, humility, community, creativity, perseverance, grace, and vision.”
The main complaint was the “additional workflow burden” experienced by the users — an indication that whatever the virtues of the new technology, they didn’t outweigh the time and effort needed to use them.
From Los Angeles Times
"The virtue of having a republic in Australia is that it emphasises the thing we have in common as Australians."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
