virtues
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Don’t lecture the reader on your virtues or lessons learned.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Won’t it be teeth-grindingly annoying, at best, if more people start parading their green virtues?
From Slate • May 15, 2026
European would-be competitors see those as openings to vaunt their own virtues.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
No, the virtues for a life well-lived are taught, modeled and practiced in the daily life of society’s smallest but most important platoons—chief among them the family.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
If a shoemaker’s shoes were not bringing in enough money, he could make better ones — or cheaper ones — or bellow out the virtues of his shoes in a louder voice.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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