Sentence examples for having merit from inspiring English sources

'There's a line between having a laugh,' Theo said, 'and having merit.' He did not say, but was unambiguous about, on which side of the line we stood.

While the diaspora would never exhort people to burn themselves, such a desperate act could be seen as having merit from a Buddhist point of view, the abbot thought.

The Buddhist concept of "merit" (bun) figures prominently in everyday discourse in such terms as cai bun ("generous") or mi bun ("having merit," i.e., being a good person), and most homes have shrines to the Buddha, if not a display of photographs of famous monks as well.

"It's not about someone not having merit being hired.

"We think that having merit-pay increases in the principals' contract is a real substantial chink in the armor against accountability," Deputy Mayor Anthony P. Coles said yesterday.

Her argument has merit.

His audacity had merit.

This approach has merit.

Does it have merit?

Both proposals have merit.

Maybe not blending has merit".