Sentence examples for * rectitude in from inspiring English sources

Some of us may have more rectitude in these matters than others.

This rectitude, in a Shadow Chancellor, was part of the explanation for Labour's defeat in 1992.

In Germany, long the bastion of fiscal rectitude in Europe, government debt is on the rise.

The comparison might end there, or thereabouts, if not for the glint of rectitude in Bon Jovi's newer songs.

Mediterranean countries have joined the northern guardians of fiscal rectitude in urging a tough line on Greece.

We can conclude that the Home Office's claims of integrity and moral rectitude in this area are utterly bogus.

Yet we'd always longed for that important exposure, and felt it represented rectitude-in-practice, self-evident wisdom, and a sense of fairness expressed by an unpretentious bent for the arts.

Not surprisingly, in denouncing Ms. Merkel for demanding fiscal austerity and rectitude, demonstrators in Greece and politicians in France have often depicted her as a Prussian dictator.

But the rectitude comes in handy as Berenson digs in his heels.

What distinguishes Pence is his unceasing efforts to embody rectitude while engaging in the worst hypocrisy.

His treatment of Fanny was not the only flaw in his character, for he could be a petulant humbug dripping with rectitude, and in many ways he was a very limited man with almost no conversation about anything except his profession.