The phrase "and righteous when" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing morality, justice, or ethical behavior, often in conditional statements.
Example: "He is considered a leader and righteous when he stands up for the oppressed."
Alternatives: "and just when" or "and virtuous when".
I'm guessing that many people in Colorado's Air Force Academy chapel feel calmed and pleasantly righteous when they read the prayer posted on the back of the hymnal.
But when black people's anger is demonized, pathologized and criminalized – when it's never seen as righteous, when we're being gassed in the streets for it – don't tell me you're afraid of making black people angry by speaking up, or that my anger feels isolating to you.
So Poland, with the largest Jewish population, also has the highest number of "righteous" when we know that anti-semitism was endemic both before and after the German occupation, and that many Jews survived the war only to be killed by Poles when they came out of hiding.
He also keeps us guessing about Joe's slippery morals: Joe gets righteous when Toby begins allowing Milo to spend time at their place, but is himself hardly above manipulating people in his orbit — with no malice but maybe a little calculation — when it becomes necessary.
We're supposed to be rooting for the slaves, but they really do some questionable things in the name of this war -- I love that Steven DeKnight doesn't want to paint them as completely noble or righteous when history says that they were kind of as bad as the Romans in a lot of ways... Yeah, exactly.
If, in fact, they back away from the confrontation, don't admit to what they did and become self-righteous when discussing it, there is little chance forgiveness will come.
The comedy of this is that Mike's listeners' abuse is so gentle, and Mike's accusations so grouchily self-righteous ("When? When did I say that the Jets couldn't win? I never said that.
The comedy of this is that Mike's listeners' abuse is so gentle, and Mike's accusations so grouchily self-righteous ("When? When did I say that the Jets couldn't win? I never said that. What I said was…") that is like, well, watching the 46 defense at work, with this Mike unloading on the unfortunate, veer-blocking listeners.
Franzen's presentation of Joey and Jenna stands in contrast to myriad novels in which a male protagonist falls for a woman for little reason other than her beauty, and then seems not merely disappointed but also angry, almost self-righteous, when she turns out not to be exactly the person he wanted her to be.
