public spirit
Example Sentences
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Developers are not going to forgo more lucrative options simply out of a sense of public spirit.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2021
“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
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
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 decline of public spirit, the love of gain of those in office, the plotting of disaffected persons, and the malevolence of factions, became widely spread, and in parts of the country were uncontrollable.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark
