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Recent Examples of sanctimony
That’s not to denigrate Punch, which is solidly built and well-meaning without sanctimony.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Task subverts expectations without sanctimony.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Until then, no one should take their sanctimony seriously.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
How not to hear in his philippic the traces of an OCD inscribed in our cultural DNA, a sanctimony that launched the archetypal act of avoidance that forms our origin myth?
—Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Task subverts expectations without sanctimony.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Until then, no one should take their sanctimony seriously.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
How not to hear in his philippic the traces of an OCD inscribed in our cultural DNA, a sanctimony that launched the archetypal act of avoidance that forms our origin myth?
—Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for sanctimony
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanctimony
hypocrisy
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Bilas also called out hypocrisy among talking heads and fans about loyalty being far gone as the transfer portal has become more popular than ever.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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The hypocrisy is astounding to me.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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