struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness
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But Anderson also knows that the moral purity of revolutionaries gets boring pretty fast.—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Sep. 2025 Now led by the second and third generation of the Jones family—Pete’s son Bruce, nephew Jeff, and grandson Sam—there’s a minimalist purity to the offering.—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025 The two variations reflect the sparkling purity of snowy peaks and the shades of the mountains.—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Its walls were white—the color of purity—and the interior was brightly illuminated by eight hundred triangular windows of translucent white glass.—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for purity
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Middle English purete, from Anglo-French purité, from Late Latin puritat-, puritas, from Latin purus pure
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