Sample Sentences forprecept (editor-reviewed)
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She accepts the Golden Rule as a precept.precept = rule for behavior
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It is a precept of Israeli policy.precept = rule
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It became a precept of U.S. foreign policy.
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It is difficult to get along because we have different precepts.precepts = rules for behavior
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I behave on instinct and then rationalize to make my behavior fit my moral precepts.
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She is critical of the precept of literal interpretation of the scriptures.precept = rule
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I trust that the precepts of international law will be observed, gentlemen.† (source)
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As we did what he told us to do, he said: "Okay, so who can tell me what a precept is?" (source)precept = rule for behavior
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Oh, far better that she had followed Ellen and Mammy's precepts and never, never revealed that she even liked him—better anything than to be faced with this scorching shame!† (source)
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Here was a man who lived outside the faufreluches while obeying their every precept. (source)
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In almshouse, hospital, and jail, in misery's every refuge, where vain man in his little brief authority had not made fast the door, and barred the Spirit out, he left his blessing, and taught Scrooge his precepts.† (source)
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Even the elves will be bound by this precept, and they shall learn to measure their words carefully or speak not at all. (source)
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Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow.† (source)
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So there's our second ironic precept: irony doesn't work for everyone. (source)precept = rule
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BRADY I'm sure you teach according to the precepts of the Lord.† (source)
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Now to John Quincy he wrote, "Rejoice always in all events, be thankful always for all things is a hard precept for human nature, though in my philosophy and in my religion a perfect duty." (source)precept = rule for behavior
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