piousness

Example Sentences

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Yet, in baritone Michael Chioldi’s Seattle debut, his sadism wrapped in performative piousness is eerily familiar.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2021

The city was then nurturing a so-called antifolk scene, which sought to dismantle some of the piousness and sanctimony of the folk revival.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2019

Bucar notes that when a culture invests so much of its identity in the appearance, in the piousness of women, it also is investing women with a cultural and social power.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2017

Now, in our increasingly secular world, piousness is enjoying a moment as the ultimate good-girl rebellion.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2015

There ain't no piousness stickin' out on him fer folks to hang their hat on, neither.

From The Gold Girl by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)