How do you use Virtue in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like good or goodness, plus the exact meaning.
Virtue in a sentence
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Virtue meaning
- (uncountable) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known as "the virtues", the enumeration of which vary by the many virtue systems which have developed within different cultures, religions, and historical periods.
- Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
- An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality.
Example sentences (20)
On 7 May 2022, the Ministry of Vice and Virtue, issued a decree requiring women to cover themselves from head to toe.
But perhaps more to the point, Rachel earns this final victory over evil in the world by virtue of her kindness.
Virtue signaling requires a diffuse, impossible to solve problem that requires everybody else to do the heavy lifting.
Why the ABC continues to make a virtue out of the patently untrue policy of ‘no advertising’ is hard to fathom.
An inspiration for action is the American heritage of freedom, democracy, and civic virtue, starting at the local level.
I never implied they were antisemitic only that those who support them only do so for pure virtue signalling.
Virco was founded in 1950 by Julian Virtue and specializes in the manufacturing and sales of school and office furniture.
What need is there for virtue and responsibility when you have all the answers and only need to enforce them?
And humans, once they discovered the virtue of the city, the first thing that popped into their mind was, I can get rich.
Having qualified to the Games by virtue of ranking, Kenya's 4x400m relay team will look to make the best of their chance.
Fonda delivers a near perfect performance as a tactful lawman who fully believes that patience is a virtue.
Yet by virtue of Oslo, Arafat was rescued from political obscurity and welcomed into the diplomatic world.
I am virtue signaling like a saint, and if Mother Teresa were a gardener, even she’d have nothing on me.
By virtue of the unique penetration effect induced by Cu hollow fiber, abundant CO molecules were supplied to Cu active sites.
In the last one week, Asiwaju Tinubu has broken bookmakers prediction by virtue of his continuing campaigns across the country.
Grech accused Prime Minister Robert Abela of being “compromised” by virtue of his relationship with his predecessor Joseph Muscat.
Pope Francis’ own message for the World Day of Prayer for Creation stressed the virtue of justice.
India, who lost to archrivals Pakistan in the semifinals, bagged the bronze medal at the 1971 World Cup by virtue of a win over Kenya.
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Grade six student, Norah Hurd says the kindness virtue is spilling over in the school from the little kindness card that they designed.
Common combinations with virtue
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- virtue of 87×
- by virtue 74×
- the virtue 17×
- of virtue 12×
- virtue and 11×
- is virtue 10×
- virtue is 10×
- virtue signaling 8×
- virtue in 7×
- and virtue 7×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word virtue. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.