sanctimonious
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Our TV critic called the documentary static, slow and sanctimonious when it was released last fall and said watching it is as “numbing as a winter at Fort Ticonderoga.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
He’s quick with ripostes, righteous in off-the-cuff remarks and has a do-gooder aura that never comes off as sanctimonious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
“I m not sure why he was sanctimonious and agressive when detailing the harvey weinstein allegations,” Epstein wrote. “now watching the overlay , its amazing.”
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026
By that point, the original ethos of the site was gone—it was once a blogger’s blog, full of brilliant and sanctimonious sports and nonsports coverage alike.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2024
The Morning Herald, sanctimonious as ever, editorialized: There is a proper course in protesting substandard housing, and Operation Breakthrough would have been well advised to have counseled the Edgemont Community Council to follow it.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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