How to Use virtue in a Sentence
virtue
noun
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The Saints have the tiebreaker edge on McGill by virtue of their head-to-head win.
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Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com,
al,
11 Oct. 2022
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The boys, by virtue of their mother, belonged to the Hoh Tribe.
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Nina Shapiro,
The Seattle Times,
20 Sep. 2017
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There’s no clock in tennis, which is one of the sport’s great virtues.
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Jon Wertheim,
SI.com,
2 July 2018
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The point is that the Rock is a star whose chief virtue is constancy.
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Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
29 Oct. 2022
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Utahns loved the show, even though the characters were not paragons of virtue.
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Scott D. Pierce,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
7 Aug. 2022
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But there are other virtues for Trump in a midterm loss.
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Chris Stirewalt,
Fox News,
31 July 2018
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And by virtue of their 3-1 head-to-head record against the Lakers, the Warriors own the tiebreaker.
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Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2024
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John had many virtues, but patience was not one of them.
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Lauren Hubbard,
Town & Country,
1 Sep. 2018
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Patience was a virtue for the past five years of team building.
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Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
21 June 2024
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There’s virtue in it, but there’s also oil and soy sauce.
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David Walters,
Bon Appetit,
24 Jan. 2017
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Is Iron Clad off the hook by virtue of that clause in its four and half-page contract?
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BostonGlobe.com,
26 July 2021
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Extolling the many, many virtues of the home opener just doesn’t quite feel enough.
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Ryan Ford,
Detroit Free Press,
4 Apr. 2023
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The Orioles were awarded the top pick by virtue of a tiebreaker.
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Nick Piecoro,
The Arizona Republic,
16 July 2022
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The line between virtue and vice is a thin one, after all.
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Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2018
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Yet Sebastian, the new amour, is no paragon of virtue or charm.
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Richard Brod,
The New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2021
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And Schiff preens, makes speeches about virtue and shows no shame.
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John Kass,
chicagotribune.com,
12 Dec. 2019
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There’s no virtue in making your own load heavier, just for the sake of it.
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Claire Comstock-Gay,
The Cut,
2 Apr. 2018
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The mom who posted the photo cloaked herself in virtue.
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Julie Gunlock,
WSJ,
7 Oct. 2020
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The vice president was asked to name three virtues about Trump.
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2024
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All high school stars are young just by virtue of being in high school.
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Adam Lichtenstein,
sun-sentinel.com,
23 Aug. 2019
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The man Ibsen gives us is a physician who equates facts with truth and truth with virtue.
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Tony Adler,
Chicago Reader,
28 Mar. 2018
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With a record of 6-0-3, the Current are in first place by virtue of goal difference.
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Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2024
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The three leads were supposed to be fathers on a quest to save their daughters’ virtue.
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Allison P. Davis,
The Cut,
1 Apr. 2018
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The Browns and Steelers are tied at 2-4, but the Browns are in third by virtue of their 1-0 division mark.
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Kaylee Remington,
cleveland,
23 Oct. 2022
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On that do-over third down, the Chiefs ended up getting the first down by virtue of a penalty.
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Andrew Joseph,
The Enquirer,
31 Jan. 2023
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Both pairs of parents may want to instill civic virtues in their child.
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Jens Olav Dahlgaard,
Washington Post,
1 Mar. 2018
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Wirth has been extolling the virtues of the Lone Star State’s business climate for at least half a decade.
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Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
2 Aug. 2024
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Mercy is a virtue, and as such, is not something to be conjured by as a recipe.
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John Baldoni,
Forbes,
18 June 2021
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For the moment at least, Hamas leaders and sources close to the leadership circle have tried to project an aura of resilience and an emphasis on the virtues of martyrdom.
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David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2024
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Each is a glimpse into the mind and character of those attracted to the most noble and the most crazed of professions, and offers a bracing reminder of the virtues and dangers of political life.
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Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2024
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