Sentence examples for virtue more from inspiring English sources

His chief virtue, "more evident to our age than his", is narrowness of vision.

There is almost no virtue more celebrated in America right now than simplicity.

Everyone else was dependent on the generosity of their children, a classical virtue more often honoured in theory than practice.

Ian Jenkins emphasises that the beautiful youths of Greek sculpture served as types of virtue more than as objects of desire; they were not meant to arouse.

While O'Brien's technical skills should be crisp enough to please the iciest avant-gardist, he has one virtue more cerebral poets often lack: he isn't afraid to make a plain statement.

In both instances he appeals to an agent-centred account of virtue, more than to a consequentialist account, and in doing so acknowledges a form of moral worth that is not wholly reducible to consequentialist considerations.

But I do now find the St John theme of temptation-to-virtue more resonant than I did, and Brontë's dreams of red room wombs and lost babies are very powerful.

Numerous virtues more than make up for them: characters such as Claire Malcolm, an east-coast poet/intellectual portrayed with a stunningly accurate feeling for the type.

These tolls would have economic virtues (more on that in another column), while also reducing air pollution and fuel consumption by easing traffic congestion.

The Q7 e-tron is an upmarket family car that will appeal more to technology lovers than drivers, but with sales of both SUVs and plug-in hybrids skyrocketing, its virtues more than justify its steep price tag.

The play tells the story of Cato the Younger, a foe of Julius Caesar, who loves Rome and its republican virtues more than all the treasure and fame that the conquering Caesar can offer.