virtuous

Example Sentences

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Poidatz said that a better distribution of profits would produce a more "virtuous" long-term model which would, in his view, also prove "much more competitive in the medium term".

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The original features “an all-American archetype of a virtuous family pitted against a monster,” while Scorsese depicted a “broken and dysfunctional family and the monster is even more extreme, he’s like a swamp creature.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

That virtuous cycle was Musk’s vision from the earliest days of Starlink, as he told a room full of engineers that night more than a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Since we—the authors of this essay—are philosophers, maybe you’d expect us to say it’s important to do all these virtuous things for the right reasons.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

With his death, Mother Ermentrude’s brother, a virtuous nobleman, found favor with Bishop Garamond.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein