piously
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What the “One World” broadcast managed was to replicate something old-fashioned: a big, corny, mass-media entertainment, one that piously affirmed what feel like bedrock, mainstream values.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2020
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
He claimed to have learned a lesson from that episode, and now says piously that “taxpayers absolutely have the right to know official travel costs.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2017
“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
“The Reds’ve been talking to ’im,” the guard said, piously touching his fingers to his forehead, his chest, his left shoulder, and then his right; making the sign of the cross.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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