virtuous

How to use virtuous in a sentence

• The story behind low costsSolar became cheap due to forces called learning curves and virtuous cycles, the article describes.

  Solar power got cheap. So why aren’t we using it more? | Ula Chrobak | January 28, 2021 | Popular-Science

• You don’t have to be a paid-up Freudian to grasp that if you try to suppress the worst, in a vainglorious attempt to engineer newer, better, and more virtuous versions of ourselves, what you repress will come back around.

  Philip Guston’s art speaks to our present moment. We shouldn’t have to wait to see it. | Sebastian Smee | January 14, 2021 | Washington Post

• Beliefs get reinforced by political action, a virtuous cycle in which important demonstrations of democratic resilience boost faith in the system, in turn making citizens independently less likely to take actions that undermine it.

  The case for consequences | Zack Beauchamp | January 12, 2021 | Vox

• My favorite of all Shakespearian characters, Cordelia is honest and virtuous to a fault.

  The cloud of impeachment hangs over the markets—even Bitcoin is sinking | Bernhard Warner | January 11, 2021 | Fortune

• If these everyday experiences suddenly feel weirdly new, then the music is doing its simplest, most virtuous work.

  Maybe go stare at a tree and listen to Anna von Hausswolff play the pipe organ | Chris Richards | November 12, 2020 | Washington Post