virtue
Example Sentences
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Perhaps by virtue of their accents, the French actors feel more real; France, as usual, looks great.
From Los Angeles Times
A virtue signaler is trying to look good and a vice signaler is trying to look bad—but not to everyone.
From Salon
For writers, hiring such readers is a badge of good “literary citizenship” and a chance to flaunt their virtue as well as their success by boasting of how many they can afford.
Where coming-of-age stories often confront the crush of innocence — the fracture and shock of stolen virtue — Thompson-Hernández instead renders one about preservation.
From Los Angeles Times
The President’s House Site, featuring ruins of the house that was mostly torn down in 1832, didn’t emphasize Washington’s considerable virtues.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
