sanctimoniousness
- a word derived from sanctimonious.
Example Sentences
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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
I feel sure we generally miss the force of these words through our Caucasian sanctimoniousness.
From The Conquest of Fear by King, Basil
