Example Sentences

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Iago may be morally horrible and Imogen stainlessly pure.

From Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Mason, Stuart

There was nothing in the whole place that must not be, in some shape, in almost the poorest; but all so beautifully ordered, so stainlessly kept.

From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

Iago may be morally horrible and Imogen stainlessly pure. 

From Miscellanies by Ross, Robert

But I have lived stainlessly in the fear of God and in the service of humanity for thirty years.

From The Fortunate Youth by Locke, William John

"I think," said Nathanael—breaking the dreary silence—"I think there never was one of the Harper line who lived a long life so stainlessly, so honourably, as my father."

From Agatha's Husband A Novel by Crane, Walter