virtue

"You stay in your room playing the clarinet or writing a poem - there's a certain virtue to being a little bit bored sometimes, and just having to amuse yourself."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Wigan now have a bye week by virtue of a top two place and will be at home for their Super League play-off semi-final on Saturday, 12 September, live on the BBC.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Young men, faced with a choice to strive and suffer on behalf of teammates, build virtue not chiefly through deliberation but through action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

And by virtue of longevity, Netflix has the top market share of viewers, meaning it can also offer talent a sizable paycheck.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

For the chief virtue of a gradual approach was to extend the cost of compensation over several decades so that the full bill never landed at one time or even on one generation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

There comes a time when one extols cinema’s virtues so fiercely that it feels like posturing.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Important among the virtues of this fine book are its illustrations, the work of Amelia Power, the author’s sister.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

We were inculcated with the importance of charity, love toward all, good works and humility, and urged to carry those virtues into adulthood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Trump responded relatively civilly, calling Ossoff a “Pee-wee Herman look-alike” before going on a tear about the ballroom’s virtues.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Then, being endowed with many virtues that made him venerable, while he was alive he always held both the one order and the other within their limits, and he was never either hated or despised.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli