How to Use righteous in a Sentence

righteous

adjective

• That doesn’t sound so righteous to me.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
• At least there, it might get wiped clean by a righteous flood.
  — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 24 June 2018
• Friends, there is no cause more righteous than the right to vote.
  — Marty Roney, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2021
• Rage can be righteous; lust can be thrilling; greed gets you all the good toys.
  — Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2022
• My parents had no idea what to do with that righteous anger.
  — Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
• The film is a righteous but rough ride as far as activist docs go.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2021
• What a righteous rock-star friendship this is.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
• The saint in his cell reading about the righteous prophets and kings.
  — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• Many more clashes, righteous or not, are yet to come in the city.
  — A.r. | Chicago, The Economist, 23 Oct. 2019
• The constant is the archetype of one righteous man with the courage to save the day.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
• And then there’s righteous anger — and with that anger, the risk of a crusade.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2021
• Overall, though, the mood among these vibe-code blamers was one of righteous anger.
  — ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
• Her plan might be to stand by other than idly and still sleep the sleep of the righteous.
  — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 4 June 2021
• No one has won more self-righteous wars with himself than Urb.
  — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 19 Dec. 2019
• This made for the most righteous and lonely moment of the night.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
• Those who did broach the scandal brought their righteous anger A-game.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
• May the righteous rise up, bold as lions, and bear witness to the truth.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• If the righteous many do not confront the wicked few, then evil will triumph.
  — Lisa Marie Segarra, Time, 19 Sep. 2017
• Is righteous anger still a viable path toward change?
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
• Dani strides over to Hayley with a look of pure, righteous hate in her eyes.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025
• The truth is that the agency can’t even claim to have waged a righteous war on outlaws.
  — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2018
• The belief is that the righteous will live through the coming year; the wicked will not.
  — The Conversation, oregonlive, 28 Sep. 2019
• Be aware of the forces working against you, and feel righteous in your choice to defy them.
  — Lauren Duca, Teen Vogue, 11 Oct. 2017
• The antiabortion zealots and righteous posers will try to find a way to stop that too, of course.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022
• The movie’s rage is righteous, its symbols profound.
  — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
• And as a demand that has righteous anger deeply embedded in it.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024
• These are the desires that burn with a righteous flame in every human heart.
  — NBC News, 21 May 2017
• But the righteous anger of a breakup is one of the album's easier stances.
  — Jon Pareles New York Times, Star Tribune, 14 Jan. 2021
• Back in Oildale, Flossie still tried to put her boy on the righteous path.
  — Steven Gaydos, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022
• Now that would be a righteous, rhythmic addition to the canon.
  — John Edward Hasse, WSJ, 14 May 2021