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Example sentences for: sanctimonious

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

It is when the trend is carried to sanctimonious extremes that it becomes irritating.
But it does, perhaps because four decades of sanctimonious droning by Brinkley as a network news anchor and then as the founding pundit of This Week created the illusion that he was a principled journalist who couldn't be bought by a price-fixing corporation.
ennobling and enriching without being sticky or sanctimonious" (Todd McCarthy, Variety ). (See Edelstein's review and Orion's promotional site.)
Clearly, Jesse Jackson is nowhere near being the biggest and most sanctimonious self-promoter among Clinton's inner circle of ministers/marriage counselors.
As we house shopped, we realized we were being punished for our sanctimonious attitudes and for enjoying our easy bus ride to work.