righteousness
Example Sentences
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Among them, as with the Jews, generosity was not charity but, if I may, righteousness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 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
I kept circling back to the same question: Is it fair to test anyone’s righteousness?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
In a society still influenced by Confucian values such as righteousness and obedience, mental health issues remain heavily stigmatised and many experience feelings of shame or social judgement.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
He remembered how, months into trying to get pregnant the first time, she began to say with sulky righteousness, “All my friends who lived very rough lives are pregnant.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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