virtuous

Example Sentences

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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

This idea that well-compensated employees become avid consumers who, in a virtuous cycle, support profitable companies, guided U.S. industry for much of the 20th century.

From Barron's • May 20, 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

A moment later Lord Asriel’s expression was bland and virtuous, just as his daughter’s could be, and from then on Lord Roke was more careful.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman