Sentence examples for hallowed virtue from inspiring English sources
WASHINGTON, July 12 - Loyalty has long been the most hallowed virtue in the Bush White House, but rarely has it been tested the way it has this week.
Their backer wanted a satirical piece, and that's what they gave him, mocking the hallowed Olympic virtue of competition.
As Thomas Paine, one of the country's hallowed Founding Fathers, once warned, "moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice".At a press conference following the rally, a member of the much-maligned media gave Mr Stewart and Colbert an opportunity to remedy their rally's lack of purpose.
"That is hallowed ground".
The hallowed atmosphere intensifies.
"New York City is hallowed ground.
Public land is hallowed ground".
Everything is held as hallowed.
The German word Weihnachten denotes "hallowed night".
Macintyre actually did a lovely job, and quite possibly was able to put up with the disagreeables by virtue of having been flown to Istanbul, Beirut, Moscow, Washington and, rather trickier access surely for the producers, somehow whisked inside London's hallowed Athenaeum club.
