Examples of morality play in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In real life, the interaction between big-money philanthropy and philanthropy-reliant institutions like universities, charities, and museums is more of a business negotiation than a morality play. — Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 Everyone knows how bubble stock stories like this usually end, but Jakab moves this particular morality play into new territory. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022 Amid grinding tension and flares of violence, the series had fundamentally been a morality play that captured life’s ordinary texture in arresting ways. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2022 Moses’ life changes forever — initially feels like a morality play with everyone playing the most obvious version of their part. — Caroline Framke, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022 But the morality play involving Pete will be relevant as long as morality plays exist. — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2022 The morality play of that era involved the misdeeds of record labels, who had a long history of exploiting musicians, and who responded to file sharing by suing college students. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2022 That leaves us with one morality play neverending and two guys with their noses pressed to the Cooperstown glass. — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2022 His novels, rich in themes and scenes drawn from his own peasant beginnings, amounted to a continuing morality play about the poverty and class divisions of the Philippines, a nation seemingly in thrall to fiefs, oligarchies and political dynasties. — New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022 See More

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