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

I kept circling back to the same question: Is it fair to test anyone’s righteousness?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

Friends, there exists on this planet a delicate balance, a balance between good and evil, righteousness and wretchedness, crime and punishment.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick