Example Sentences

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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many people, myself included, were worried about a repeat of this unvirtuous cycle.

From Slate • May 5, 2022

We could simply return to the unvirtuous cycle of panic to neglect and back again.

From Scientific American • Mar. 26, 2022

"If we can't replace the carers who leave, the work will fall on the others, and I fear an unvirtuous circle, with tiredness, exhaustion and an increase in absenteeism," he said.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2021

In contrast, kakistocracy was government by the unskilled, unknowledgeable and unvirtuous.

From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2018

A virtuous wife in an unvirtuous throng might be of momentary interest as an anomaly, but sparks would soon weary of the wonder.

From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis