Sentence examples for public-spiritedness from inspiring English sources

There is room for public-spiritedness and do-gooders.

BUSINESSES in Myanmar are not famous for their public-spiritedness.

Or lack of courage, or lack of public-spiritedness.

But even such public-spiritedness is as much an act of partisanship as of solidarity.

A call for more public-spiritedness on the part of elite Americans.

It would be churlish not to admire her head-girl diligence and public-spiritedness.

He was known for public spiritedness.

Even if people disagreed with his politics, I argued, they'd still appreciate his public spiritedness.

More important, they believed, was public spiritedness — a system of habits and attitudes that would check egotism and self-indulgence.

As Kristol points out in the essay, the meaning of the phrase "public spiritedness" has flipped since the 18th century.

The project came together through e-mail messages, church bulletins, post-9/11 public spiritedness, and serendipitous phone calls.