Example sentences for: public-spirited

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

  • Nor does anyone recall telling Mr. Lewis that he was free to express his views whatever they may be, no matter how fatuous or uninformed by the slightest understanding of the free enterprise system, and without considering for a moment that Slate is owned by Microsoft and that some of its staff members have young children and very little talent that would make us employable at a less saintlike, public-spirited, and compassionate company.

  • In view of public-spirited young attorneys forced to take high-paying jobs at private firms, would an ABA program ask those same firms to help fund loan forgiveness in the interest of government or poverty law career options?

  • Meanwhile, Clinton and Podesta projected pacifism and public-spirited diligence.

  • In these days, when even the most softhearted and public-spirited people become venture capitalists, younger readers may find it hard to believe there was ever a time when even an extremely ambitious person, motivated entirely by a desire to do well--rather than to do good, or to do anything in particular--might well decide to be a journalist.

  • Moyers' grand public-spirited ambitions do often fail.


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