virtuous

Example Sentences

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A virtuous cycle, three decades in the making.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

With few words, Kuznetsov projects such decency and conviction that he recalls any number of virtuous fictional lawyers of yesteryear who stood up to evil.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

But DePetro may be one of the more virtuous characters here.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

For me, it’s rarely in a virtuous bowl.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Wretched, in a word, because she had behaved as any healthy and virtuous English girl ought to behave and not in some other, abnormal, extraordinary way.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley