Sentence examples for professional piety from inspiring English sources

Written as an open attack on hypocritical professional piety, "Tartuffe" did not enter the repertoire easily.

With its open attack on professional piety, five years of banning by both church leaders and a beleaguered king almost relegated the work to obscurity.

From this period date his first play, Baal (produced 1923); his first success, Trommeln in der Nacht (Kleist Preis, 1922; Drums in the Night); the poems and songs collected as Die Hauspostille (1927; A Manual of Piety, 1966), his first professional production (Edward II, 1924); and his admiration for Wedekind, Rimbaud, Villon, and Kipling.

Piety puzzles them too.

Piety makes poor policy.

Nor does religious piety.

(And also, confusingly, piety).

Piety can be contagious.

Only growing piety.

Piety barely veils eroticism.

"Filial piety is a myth".