Sentence examples for as a pious demonstration from inspiring English sources
Don't use public prayer as a pious demonstration.
Dursun describes himself as a pious Muslim, but he dresses like a New York advertising executive.
The dedication of a burial seems to have counted as a pious act.
As a pious Sunni Muslim he became El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.
Reinhardt described himself as a "pious Jew" but viewed his religion as a private matter.
As a pious young lad I can remember feeling very young and not a little hurt.
Brown reviles religion and treats earthly powers as a pious imposture.
"We have nothing against them, Allah created us all equal," opined a bystander who identified himself as a pious Muslim.
Frances Barber as a steaming sexpot, Deborah Findlay as a pious baroness and Jenny Galloway as a surly servant all do admirable work.
Welcomed into Kabul in 1996 as a pious remedy to crippling lawlessness, the Taliban gradually squandered the good will.
The whole supporting cast – which includes Sharon D. Clarke as Margaret's pragmatic sister and Cecilia Noble as a pious schemer in the flock – is good.
