Sample Sentences forrectitude (editor-reviewed)
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The judge was known for her unwavering rectitude and commitment to upholding the law.rectitude = moral integrity
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The politician’s reputation for rectitude and honesty earned him the respect of his constituents.
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In later years, I sometimes wondered exactly what made Jem do it, what made him break the bonds of "You just be a gentleman, son," and the phase of self-conscious rectitude he had recently entered. (source)
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We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; … (source)
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In Flushing, I had lived defensively in the midst of documented rectitude.† (source)
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There is no rectitude whatsoever.† (source)
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A diagnosis of latent insanity at the time of the murders, for instance however, the utmost caution and rectitude must be observed.† (source)
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There was something supremely preposterous in the idea of Bridey as a painter of action pictures; he was usually preposterous yet somehow achieved a certain dignity by his remoteness and agelessness; he was still half-child, already half-veteran; there seemed no spark of contemporary life in him; he had a kind of massive rectitude and impermeability, an indifference to the world, which compelled respect.† (source)
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Her disappointment in Charlotte made her turn with fonder regard to her sister, of whose rectitude and delicacy she was sure her opinion could never be shaken, and for whose happiness she grew daily more anxious, as Bingley had now been gone a week and nothing more was heard of his return.† (source)
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Your unrequited rectitude is the only hold they have upon you.† (source)
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He feels very powerful through his rectitude, but in fact, hidden in his heart ...evil.† (source)
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Spare me your rectitude, Lord Snow, I have strength enough without you.† (source)
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He was a husky man, a dominating man, and a man fierce for rectitude.† (source)
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He's just making conversation, but Cedric, desperate to shore up the miserable image of how he fled from the nightclub line, reaches for a cold bucket of rectitude, one of those discussion enders Barbara used to summon when dangerous issues arose.† (source)
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His voice, fervent and evangelical, carried with it an absolute conviction of the rectitude and efficacy of a society ruled by honor; it quavered slightly and conveyed the earnestness and gentle decency of the speaker.† (source)
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Now I sat down to write a different kind of letter, one that tried to convey how much she meant to me, how much she had taught me, how I wanted to emulate her rigor and rectitude, how much I loved her and missed her.† (source)
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