virtue
Example Sentences
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Yet this was hardly Peterson’s only virtue: Live recordings, especially of his greatest trio, with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, show that Peterson could also swing harder than anybody.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
We should expect our leaders to serve earnestly and fulfill their responsibilities effectively, but also to demonstrate a baseline level of decency and moral virtue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
While from time to time, like Matthew Arnold a century before, she professed to see some virtue in the lower classes, she reserved most of her literary barbs for the middle class.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
But this time when I started dating, I decided to be honest and not out of any kind of virtue.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
One cannot, therefore, attribute either to Fortune or to virtue what he accomplished without either the one or the other.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Vocabulary lists containing virtue
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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