Sentence examples for piety toward from inspiring English sources

And it transmits a feeling of transparency and piety toward its sources.

The earliest ruler of the state known by name was Alara, whose piety toward Amon is mentioned in several inscriptions.

It is a superb account, bursting at once with piety toward the spirit of this music and sheer irreverence toward its execution.

The movie turns Spielberg, in the persona of Halliday, into the ultimate cool dad, converting Wade's heroism into a conjoined set of virtues centered on filial piety (piety toward a substitute father) and pop devotion.

In his 1936 autobiography Stravinsky still professed filial piety toward the man he called his cher maître; but by the time he had turned to memoir dictating on an industrial scale, even the value of Rimsky's teaching had to be denied.

In "Ready Player One," Parzival insults the villainous Sorrento with the ultimate Spielbergian credo: "A fanboy knows a hater". The movie turns Spielberg, in the persona of Halliday, into the ultimate cool dad, converting Wade's heroism into a conjoined set of virtues centered on filial piety (piety toward a substitute father) and pop devotion.

So is filial piety weighted toward the parents, advocating slavish behavior for the young mandated by and for their elders?

The viewer's mind, free to wander, is drawn toward piety by seduction rather than by force.

He seems to prefer their company to that of people who tend toward piety and entitlement — hence his decision to decline a Capitol Hill luncheon invitation in order to break bread with the homeless.

He seems to prefer their company to that of people who tend toward piety and entitlement hence his decision to decline a Capitol Hill luncheon invitation in order to break bread with the homeless.

Obama could be unsentimental toward liberal piety.