On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Sanctimonious. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as pietistic or pharisaic and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Sanctimonious in a sentence
Sanctimonious meaning
- Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
- Holy, devout.
Synonyms of Sanctimonious
Using Sanctimonious
- The main meaning on this page is: Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious. | Holy, devout.
- Useful related words include: holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic.
- In the example corpus, sanctimonious often appears in combinations such as: and sanctimonious, sanctimonious gangster.
Context around Sanctimonious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sanctimonious
- In this selection, "sanctimonious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, righteous, same, gangster, behavior and wind stand out and add context to how "sanctimonious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all the sanctimonious bullshit about and called a sanctimonious gangster by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sanctimonious" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sanctimonious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sanctimonious behavior will not. (4 words)
Sanctimonious wind-bag Gary Lineker is even worse. (8 words)
What a bunch of self righteous sanctimonious phony’s. (9 words)
So instead of prioritizing or the disappearance of the middle class, the Dems have taken a tact so sanctimonious, so substantively discreet it leaves many Americans feeling they have nowhere to turn but the GOP. (35 words)
This same sanctimonious James Comey perniciously gamed the system by leaking memos he prepared while in the FBI to a law professor friend for the admitted purpose of triggering a special counsel investigation. (33 words)
Even on race, that the current occupant of the Prime Minister’s Office is a sanctimonious fraud it is surely at least as significant as that his government sponsors anti-racism seminars. (32 words)
No wonder he was called a “Sanctimonious Gangster” by another Caricom leader! (12 words)
Example sentences (19)
Sanctimonious behavior will not.
Sanctimonious wind-bag Gary Lineker is even worse.
The USA is the country that is sanction (and sanctimonious) happy.
Now before you get all sanctimonious on me, I’m going to vote this year.
No wonder he was called a “Sanctimonious Gangster” by another Caricom leader!
Of course, we fear that Those in High Places, notwithstanding their sanctimonious pronouncements will not mount a vigorous investigation.
So instead of prioritizing or the disappearance of the middle class, the Dems have taken a tact so sanctimonious, so substantively discreet it leaves many Americans feeling they have nowhere to turn but the GOP.
A respected Bajan diplomat to the UN says in the Caribbean he’s known as “Sanctimonious Gangster”.
I'm old enough to remember when trump mocked Hillary Clinton when she had pneumonia, so miss me with all the sanctimonious bullshit about how nice we have to be.
We had to endure the calls of hypocrisy from sanctimonious pundits and politicians who appointed themselves judge and jury.
But rather than being sanctimonious about ourselves and critical of the behaviour we should look at our own behaviour.
But somewhere along the way, people started turning everyday issues into sanctimonious ire, pitting Philadelphians against Philadelphians as never before.
Even on race, that the current occupant of the Prime Minister’s Office is a sanctimonious fraud it is surely at least as significant as that his government sponsors anti-racism seminars.
What a bunch of self righteous sanctimonious phony’s.
He's not the preachy type, and he's far more sarcastic than sanctimonious when describing his past misdeeds.
They brought their 'concern' for the races, and they brought their fear, piety and sanctimonious judgement.
This same sanctimonious James Comey perniciously gamed the system by leaking memos he prepared while in the FBI to a law professor friend for the admitted purpose of triggering a special counsel investigation.
Today, however, the concept of "originalism" i.e., "sanctimonious reverence," is the favored approach of the conservative justices, and it's not a concept Ellis accepts.
Charleson, who had studied the Bible intensively in preparation for the role, told director Hugh Hudson that he didn't feel the portentous and sanctimonious scripted speech was either authentic or inspiring.
Common combinations with sanctimonious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: