Sentence examples for righteous character from inspiring English sources

Because the Khārijites believed that the basis of rule was righteous character and piety alone, any Muslim, irrespective of race, colour, and sex, could, in their view, become ruler provided he or she satisfied the conditions of piety.

She and her cult were challenged by Elijah, a prophet whose fierce and righteous character and acts, as illumined by legend, are dramatically depicted in the First Book of the Kings.

In a scene whose text has many structural parallels to Lot and the angels in Sodom, Avraham displays his righteous character, in a deeply respectful and legally contractual choreography of the purchase of the Maarat Hamachpelah from Ephron the Hittite.

For a movie that is supposed to make us laugh, she's an irritatingly self-righteous character.

It was a righteous case".

And especially by Babou Ceesay as Richard Taylor, a complex character, righteous disciplinarian and family man.

Jude Law gets a particularly fine crack of the whip as a snaggle-toothed blogger peddling ill-informed mischief whose self-righteous, self-serving character spurs screenwriter Scott Z Burns to observe hilariously: "Blogging isn't writing – it's just graffiti with punctuation!" (When I first saw Contagion at a press screening, that line almost got a standing ovation).

Bodybuilding is so blatantly erotic, narcissistic and seemingly antisport (as is, more or less, stock car racing and ballroom dancing, among my faves) that it can be easily mocked, dismissed or used as a fun-house mirror for the rest of our games, particularly the righteous ones that promise character development, networking opportunities and a chance to represent your people.

Both stars look wildly out of place, but their performances are as heartfelt as the cause of their characters is righteous.

The School for Love (1951) is the tale of an orphaned boy's journey of disillusionment in a city that is home to Arabs, Jews and a repressive, colonial presence represented in the novel by the cold, self-righteous, and anti-Semitic character of Miss Bohun.

"The Newsroom" is still righteous and romantic, but the characters now compete less over virtue than over virtuosity.