Sentence examples for * their piety from inspiring English sources

The data couldn't bear out their piety, he wrote.

Detainees signalled their piety by refusing to address female warders.

Can their piety alone be intrusted with the care of public worship?

Nor do they seem to be particularly fanatical in their piety.

Despite their piety, the works have drawn fire from Christian conservatives.

Although women were respected for their piety and could hold the office of deaconess, they were excluded from the priesthood.

The Pharisees were respected for their piety and learning, and they may have exercised substantial influence on belief and practice.

And unlike Mr. Haneke's film, the townspeople don't share an overriding conviction of their own piety.

His strongest rivals in the presidential race are making implicit appeals to religious voters by signalling their own piety.

Yes, we hear an awful lot from the fearful blowhards who insist on their superior piety while peddling hate.

Right-wing politicians rarely miss a chance to declare their religious piety and "family values," or to accuse those who disagree with them of lacking both.