virtue in the PONS Dictionary

virtue Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a paragon of virtue iron
otelotvorenje vrline
she is the embodiment of virtue
ona je oličenje vrline

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This is thought to impress the importance of the virtue on the child so that he or she will grow up embodying that virtue.
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He who possesses inner virtue will think himself always in the right, and denigrate those who do not do as he does.
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This literature emphasized the virtues of simplicity and efficiency.
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He drew up a list of female virtues and vices and sought a woman who would be evenly balanced between the two.
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She occupies an exalted position in society by virtue of wealth and rank.
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Patting is distinguished from clapping by virtue of the varied pitches the patting hand elicits from the arms, chest, thighs, and flanks.
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Chapter 5 considers choice, willingness and deliberation in cases which exemplify not only virtue, but vice.
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Her research has ranged widely, but has mostly focused on moral psychology and on virtue ethics.
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Allegorically, the planet represents those who did good out of a desire for fame, but who, being ambitious, were deficient in the virtue of justice.
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Sage was said to have almost the same virtues without the same defects.
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