Sentence examples for quite pious from inspiring English sources

Trump is quite pious and his religious convictions run dangerously deep.

We listened to him because he looked quite pious, sounded well versed you know.

Frosty the "No" Man is a scary male they say He's quite pious, with a "birther" bias Where was Barack born that day?

Miss Marple, probably the only detective ever to solve a murder while out collecting for the village fete, may not have been quite the pious spinster of previous incarnations.

Not only was it no longer quite so pious a scene but, being a rich man, Levi would have the justification for surrounding himself with such a motley retinue.

There is at least one other espionage option that is more enticing and not quite as pious: "The Game," a six-episode series on BBC America that began Wednesday and is also available on demand, is set in the same oppressive Cold War gloom and moral ambiguity that enveloped Mr. le Carré's beloved spy George Smiley.

Moderation rather than pious abstinence.

However, the line between democratic defense and status defense (against the rising pious bourgeoisie) is quite thin in these chic spots.

As well as graffiti – by turns pious, homely and quite rude – they drew the things they missed: churches, cats and dogs, and farmhouses with rows of hams hanging from the rafters.

The Roches — a trio of sisters with a long history in commercial folk music and credits on the album "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" — opened the concert with "American Tune," sounding pious if not quite pitch precise.

"I do think, without sounding too pious, we've all got quite important jobs to get on with.