Example sentences for: probity

How can you use “probity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As state attorney in Dade County, Fla., Reno acquired a reputation not just for integrity but for an almost fanatical probity.

  • France could be in for a period of weakened, indecisive government . " Le Figaro of Paris agreed that Jospin would be weakened, but in an editorial congratulated both Strauss-Kahn on his "panache" in resigning so quickly, and the French people on their desire "that Latin societies behave more and more like Anglo-Saxon ones in demanding responsibility and probity from their leaders."

  • The op-ed writer makes the point that his grandfather's probity was legendary and that he in fact was the man who put Luciano away.

  • He has become our national icon of broadcasting probity, and they knew that he would bring the sort of solemnity to the occasion that would minimize the risk of things getting interesting.

  • The Post Express of Nigeria said in an editorial that it would like to "commend the American people for their watchful insistence on probity and moral rectitude for public office holders," but proposed caution in pursuing Clinton because "it will be foolhardy for America to cut its nose to spite its face."


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