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

For his utter lack of public spirit and graciousness, even to the very end.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2020

John Lewis focuses on acts of kindness for its 2020 Christmas advert - inspired by the public spirit shown during the coronavirus pandemic.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2020

All public spirit, all generous emotions, all the noble aspirations of man shriveled and disappeared as the volume of money shrunk and as prices fell.

From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)