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B his heated response comes across with more than a whiff of sanctimoniousness, as if enjoying “that area” is simply beyond his comprehension.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2016

The notes, he wrote, quoting from them, make it clear that Lead Belly “ ‘early decided that he preferred frankness, flesh and the devil to sanctimoniousness without a guitar.’ ”

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2015

By 1924, Virginia Woolf was complaining about the stuffy, intellectualized sanctimoniousness of those books.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2014

She seems restricted by the sanctimoniousness of the role.

From Time • Nov. 29, 2

True sanctity and sanctimoniousness are entirely different things.

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles