Example sentences for: righteous

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

  • The NATO attacks have brought about a wave of righteous nationalism as Yugoslavs rallied behind the man that many of them loathed.

  • Righteous Violence: The Aristotelian opposite of the pity and fear is righteous indignation.

  • So try as I might to interest friends and family in Charter revision, I'm afraid budgets, bureaucratic reorganization, and mayoral succession just can't compete with larger-than-life egotistic personalities, the war of the righteous, and raunchy art.

  • It's a sad reflection on the times that officials of a lunatic system look like capricious gods, whereas righteous journalists are parasites from hell.

  • To consider Moltke more "righteous" than Stauffenberg--the one who actually did something--borders on the perverse.


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