righteous
Example Sentences
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The percentage who would choose the righteous path is likely slim, equal to the number who would find $100 on the street and turn it in to the police.
“The second your teammates think you’re trying to duck something, it allows other people to duck and they feel righteous about it,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
May Catholics remind their fellow Americans anew of how powerful and righteous standing up for the stranger is.
From Los Angeles Times
In the righteous spirit of a man bearing an inconvenient truth, Greg Lippmann, a copy of “Shorting Subprime Mezzanine Tranches” tucked under his arm, launched himself at the institutional investing public.
From Literature
He argued with righteous tenacity that Southerners could be convinced to relinquish their slaves by means of patient “moral suasion.”
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