Sentence examples for righteous behavior from inspiring English sources

Tracey A. Leigh seems a bit unreal in it -- she plays Vivian as a woman without uncertainty -- but she does have pronouncements to make, righteous behavior to embody.

"Because of my righteous behavior, I still see a small man in polka-dot shorts, in the presence of his sweetheart, hoisted high, an absurd and helpless baby.

"This shows the extent and impact of the recent rise in anti-Islam rhetoric in our society that people would rather have some kind of establishment perpetuating immoral behavior over a house of worship [run] by people who are trying to promote morality and ethics and righteous behavior," said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesperson for Council on American-Islamic Relations.

It seems that the clergy acting as key figures could play an important role in explaining righteous behaviors and the real risk of this disease.

"My self-righteous behavior was surely not helping... but rather hardening the old stereotypes of good-goody sister and screw-up brother, which had been tamped down until this situation kicked up all the old dust".

This is a term I coined to describe particularly annoying self-righteous behavior.

Other children and classmates are alienated by Cartman's insensitive, racist, homophobic, anti-semitic, lazy, self-righteous behavior, but are occasionally influenced by his obtrusive, manipulative, and propagandist antics.

But higher level schooling can also imprint more negative tattoos: arrogance, self-righteous behavior, and greater dissatisfaction with one's lot in life or sensitivity to past failures.

Of course that's all just framing for the real payoff of this kind of show: the self-righteous, clueless, pathetic behavior of the apprehended.

For me it conjures up notions of hypercritical, self-righteous, or exclusive behavior.

ELLEN BILOFSKY Brooklyn, Sept. 26, 2012 To the Editor: It is easy to be self-righteous and deplore the behavior of the students described in the article.