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Recent Examples of sanctimony
His Tartuffe doesn’t try to curry favor or even stand on sanctimony.
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
That’s not to denigrate Punch, which is solidly built and well-meaning without sanctimony.
—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
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
That’s not to denigrate Punch, which is solidly built and well-meaning without sanctimony.
—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
See All Example Sentences for sanctimony
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanctimony
hypocrisy
Noun
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Honest behavior has to do with telling the truth, but also prevents cheating, stealing, misleading, promise-breaking, fraud, self-deception, hypocrisy, BS-ing.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Lama, a social activist of several decades, sheds any sense of artifice in playing the headstrong Pirati, a woman whose convictions are as compelling as her desires, her vulnerabilities and even her hypocrisies.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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