sanctimonious

Example Sentences

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Dahlia Lithwick: In your article, you draw out the fact that lawyers are extremely uneasy about invoking the language of morality, because morality is either too malleable or just sanctimonious and annoying.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

And their sanctimonious approach to history becomes very tiresome very quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

"It would be so sanctimonious without any humour in it."

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025

Somewhat sanctimonious and totally brazen, they solidified my status and signified that I had “made it” as an athlete.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2024

The Morning Herald, sanctimonious as ever, editorialized: There is a proper course in protesting substandard housing, and Operation Breakthrough would have been well advised to have counseled the Edgemont Community Council to follow it.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson