righteousness

Example Sentences

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“Alas,” Chen says, “neither virtue nor righteousness is worth a single penny in today’s China.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The service heard how she had lived with beauty, goodness and righteousness.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

Instead, he seems as if he’s trying to lacquer on a veneer of righteousness to some very nasty business.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025

Despite what his parents wanted for him, Superman chose a path of righteousness, and it’s never too late to make that choice.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 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