virtues
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The President’s House Site, featuring ruins of the house that was mostly torn down in 1832, didn’t emphasize Washington’s considerable virtues.
Still, the virtues of “The Great Shadow” outweigh its faults.
Both authors admired the way that the medievals combined pagan virtues with Christian theology to sustain a culture that was simultaneously vital and humane.
For statehouse denizens in Concord, the question of pay turns on competing views about the makeup of the legislative body and the virtues of volunteer lawmakers.
The instant she finished a novel, she would extol its virtues and demand we go to the Iliad or the Last Bookstore to get the author’s next offering.
From Los Angeles Times
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