rectitude

Example Sentences

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Mr. Strong’s Oedipus is a commanding figure, exuding virility and seeming to tower over everyone around him, a pillar of rectitude and confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 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

“Cairo Conspiracy” is a measured but unsparing portrait of corruption perpetrated by people who, across the board, are utterly confident of their own rectitude.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Mr. Cunningham, a man of uncompromising rectitude, had given her a pint free of charge for having guessed his name yesterday, one of the tiny things she adored about Maycomb: people remembered their promises.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee