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
“With leadership comes criticism — whether from citizens of public spirit or personal malice, colleagues with conflicting visions or competing ambitions, or all of the above.”
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2021
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
The long continuance of despotic government had gradually destroyed the active public spirit of which Stoicism was the expression.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
