wholesomeness

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The movie ultimately departs from the book’s conclusion, avoiding Mr. Mars-Jones’s tragic streak in favor of a turn that feels a little neat, the film slotted into its niche with a note of tidy wholesomeness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

But it was her TV ads for orange juice—featuring her own children, a cartoon bird, and a lilting jingle about the “Florida sunshine tree”—that made her the nation’s leading avatar for white-bread American wholesomeness.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025

There's a wholesomeness associated with a bottle of Martinelli's.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2023

I’m biased, but Reeves brought a giddy wholesomeness and blended naïveté with a commanding onscreen presence when needed to the role of Clark Kent and his alter ego in every appearance.

From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2023

There was a sort of clearing in the atmosphere, a sense of wholesomeness and content in having their lives to themselves.

From The Locusts' Years by Fee, Mary Helen