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

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2020

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

"It may be the creation of a multimillionaire artist with his own agenda to pursue, but it has a real and generous public spirit."

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2016

The nation, which had been excited by the hope of seeing corruption extinguished, and the advent of a new era of virtue and public spirit, was again disappointed.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose