rectitude

Example Sentences

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Oedipus’ rectitude and gleaming self-confidence were so palpable that as he grappled with the slow drip of dark revelations about his past—and present—his increasing disorientation and anguish were excruciating to watch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

It was superb theatre, with the added benefit of moral rectitude.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023

But Judge Thapar says he has no doubts whatsoever about the rectitude of those on the court, nearly all of whom he knows personally.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023

Los Angeles needed a man on a white horse, somebody to clean things up, or at least give the place a sheen of rectitude.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

Propelled from the depths of her ignorance, silly imagining and girlish rectitude, she had come to call a halt.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan