righteousness
Example Sentences
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Truong repeated one of the blessings from the Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Catholics have criteria that they invoke to evaluate righteousness of wars, which date to the fifth century teachings of St. Augustine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
The service heard how she had lived with beauty, goodness and righteousness.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
A theater can scarcely contain the love the audience develops for her, such is her determination and the righteousness of her quest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
I was getting weary of his constant righteousness and the sense I was in some way a great disappointment to him.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing righteousness
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Christmas Carol Vocab: A Lyrical Lexicon
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