virtuousness
IPA: vˈɝtʃuʌsnʌs
noun
- The state of being virtuous.
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Examples of "virtuousness" in Sentences
- I think you are misleading people about the "virtuousness" of fat-free sweets.
- Our vulnerability to present temptations & our overestimation of our future virtuousness
- Contrary to Sorkin's vision of Harvard circa 2004, I saw widespread virtuousness there, in the form of social good, courtesy, curiosity and decency; I saw as many women in leadership roles as men.
- Do Tiger Woods and Sandra Bullock and David Vitter and Larry Craig and John Ensign and Bruce Springsteen promote their virtuousness and the faithfulness of their marriages as a shuck, one believed by only the naive and stupid -- like you and me?
- Mrs. Wharton has often been accused of bitterness; let her critics note that the whole effect of this powerful story hangs upon our recognition of the power of simple human goodness -- not "virtuousness," but faithful, unselfish devotion of one sort or another -- to make life worth living.
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