Sentence examples for virtue come from inspiring English sources

Where lesser directors' displays of virtue come off as sermons, Nolan's, in "Interstellar," comes off as the world's largest greeting card, as if sent to his children as an apology for not being home as often as he'd like, because he's been busy saving the world.

Griffith's Homeric artistry and his painterly insight — his view of the conflict between nature's horrors (those of a blizzard and those found in the hearts of predators) and its glories (the peaceful landscape and the heart of true virtue) — come to full flower in "Way Down East".

Where does virtue come in?

So what can be done here and in the future when hypocrites under cover of virtue come after us?

Those who would gain power through lies and celebrating ignorance and playing the victim as a virtue come from a very different place.

From what I can gather America can restore its honor by strengthening individual virtue, come to Washington DC to listen to Beck and Palin, and pick up a copy of Beck's new book The Plan which is to be launched at this honorable event.

Such fiscal virtue comes at a cost.

Since journalists can't write, their virtue comes down to their presentation of facts.

Norway's is 5.8, Sweden's is 6.5 and Finland, that paragon of environmental virtue, comes in at 6.7.

Virtue came to mean not energy and exuberance but prudence, thrift, meekness, chastity, temperance, industriousness and so on.

Citizens of jurisdictions with high carbon prices may feel virtuous, but this virtue comes at a significant cost because carbon-intensive activities will likely exit these jurisdictions.