public spirit

Example Sentences

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Lapsley intimated that the real estate firms just happen to be showing their public spirit earlier than other contributors.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2022

We need a new public spirit: more people willing to recognize things aren’t going to get better unless we fight for it.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021

Now they’re graveyards of sanity and public spirit.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021

Perhaps the Ryder and Presidents Cup lose a tad of luster because match play is not as much a novelty, but those events are more fueled by public spirit and patriotism than playing formats.

From Golf Digest • May 7, 2020

Men distinguished by great vigour of mind and great public spirit, were to be found on opposite sides in the senate and in the camp.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by