Sentence examples for a more virtuous from inspiring English sources

But there is also, she suggests, a more virtuous nostalgia.

We aim for a more virtuous society by transforming media and money.

But, increasingly, the spies seek a more virtuous imprimatur than the historical pragmatism of their trade when the ends more than justified the means.

To the degree that broadcast news was a more virtuous operation 40 years ago, it was a function of both fear and innocence.

As much as this man's views resonate with ideas of America's decline from a more virtuous age, his defense of self-discipline was decidedly uncommon among our respondents.

But Book 3 is reintegration, a reframing new story that incorporates what happened and then points to a more virtuous and meaningful life than the one before.

Post-Atkins suggesting that any carbohydrate is a health food might seem downright subversive, but there is nothing like a brown rice and seaweed salad for setting the scene for a more virtuous-feeling new year.

(This is a formula of the Chinese dynastic revolution called chanrang, which means the peaceful shift in rule from a decadent dynasty to a more-virtuous one).

Encouraged by the haiku masters he has translated so well — Basho, Buson, and Issa — Hass seemed to want to appear a little more virtuous, a little less carnal than most American men.

Encouraged by the haiku masters he has translated so well Basho, Buson, and Issa—Hass seemed to want to appear a little more virtuous, a little less carnal than most American men.

Still, I suppose, learning about "products and services" in the air sounds a lot more virtuous than simply staring morosely at a gin and tonic on a blank tray table and wondering if the fat guy wedged into the aisle seat beside you is going to fall asleep on your shoulder.