Sentence examples for virtue for the from inspiring English sources

Her arrival, though, presaged a loss of virtue for the act of pissing.

TORONTO — Patience is not necessarily a virtue for the Yankees, who view the postseason as their birthright.

Through luck rather than virtue, for the most part, we happen to live in a variant that has succeeded better, so far.

"Currently there are no peace talks going on," said Maulavi Qalamuddin, the former minister of vice and virtue for the Taliban who is now a member of the High Peace Council here.

Accordingly, Yamaga equated the samurai with the Confucian "superior man" and taught that his essential function was not only to keep himself fit for possible military service, but to justify the stipend his lord provided him with by becoming an exemplar of virtue for the lower classes.

BOOM offers proof that patience can be a lucrative virtue for the value investor.

The scorching heat on this canonization day without wind or water was a test of strength and virtue for those standing in the intense sun.

Patience hasn't been a virtue for investors: The stock is down 70% over the past five years.

Moreover, we would urge that this forthrightness about the political viewpoint that informs philosophy is a virtue, for overlooking the political suppositions and implications of esoteric philosophical views has led to considerable mischief.

Many managers are learning the value of these old-fashioned virtues for the first time.

Human charity and empathy for one's fellow citizens are considered to be virtues for the weak.