moral fiber

Example Sentences

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What trips up Rausch, though, is his moral fiber.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

Seven senior US officers serving on a military jury have rebuked the alleged CIA torture of a prisoner as "a stain on the moral fiber of America".

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2021

Her moral fiber simply won’t allow all this to go down.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2021

But she doesn’t see the middle of a pandemic as the time to debate the moral fiber of the country.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 4, 2021

“Most of the judges,” and here, Bagman gave Karkaroff a very nasty look, “feel that this shows moral fiber and merits full marks. However . Mr. Potter’s score is forty-five points.”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling