moral fiber
Example Sentences
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They raise children with moral fiber, to care about the people in their lives as well as the larger world around them.
From Salon • Feb. 16, 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
“Instead, it is a stain on the moral fiber of America; the treatment of Mr. Khan in the hands of U.S. personnel should be a source of shame for the U.S. government.”
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2021
Her moral fiber simply won’t allow all this to go down.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2021
She still admired him, his moral fiber, his life of clean lines, but now it was admiration for a person separate from her, a person far away And her body had changed.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
