How to use righteous in a sentence

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• His extreme lawfulness made him righteous, but did it make him merciful?From the entry lawfulness
• The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime.From the entry succeed
• Superman bashed Bavarians and kiboshed Krauts with a mix of solemn consecration, righteous anger and cathartic glee.2021, Roy Schwartz, “The Galactic Golem”, in Is Superman Circumcised?: The Complete Jewish History of the World’s Greatest Hero…. From the entry kibosh
• And Jesus tells them “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.2015, Walt English, “Right Beneath Our Noses, All This Time”. From the entry lowsome
• Possessing The Quraan and professing “Muslimship” do not make righteous people.2013, Mu Octavis Taalib, How to Study the Quraan, page 23. From the entry Muslimship
• After a few sips Sergio turns his abundant energies from righteous anger to gloating.2001, Annie Hawes, Extra Virgin, HarperCollins Publishers, via Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry outcun
• I think you look like a David, you know, righteous and clean living and all of that.2000, Anne Rice, Merrick, Ballantine Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 157. From the entry David
• "Holy cannoli!" you exclaim with righteous indignation, "My kid coulda done that!"1979 July 6, “Give Junior Intro to Art”, in Courier-Post, Camden: Gannet, Tgif, page 2 [46, sequentially]. From the entry holy cannoli
• Marius’s wrath abated, righteous though he held it to have been.1976 [1862], Victor Hugo, “Part Three: Marius; chapter VI”, in Norman Denny, transl., Les Misérables, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books…. From the entry time heals all things
• I was cut out to be a jazzman the way the righteous are chosen for the church.1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Don’t Cry, Ma”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A…. From the entry cut out
• It was the joy of righteous battle that he loved—the ecstasy of victory.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 75. From the entry ecstasy
• You save your souls here, eating cabbage, and think you are the righteous.1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Why is such a Man Alive?”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Brothers Karamazov […], New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry gudgeon
• “Your bold decision to target Iran's nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history.”2025 June 25, Daniel Estrin, quoting Benjamin Netanyahu, “Israel was once deterred from striking Iran. Now Netanyahu takes a victory lap”…. From the entry awesome
• Woobs feigned righteous indignation at this cruel command!2017, Tony Blackman, Anthony Wright, V Force Boys: All New Reminiscences by Air and Ground Crews Operating the Vulcan, Victor and Valiant…. From the entry strangle the parrot
• Are you righteous or you are 'lefteous'?2014, Pedro F. Patrick, Break the Alabaster Box. From the entry lefteous
• A goodful and righteous adventure.” “A noble quest,” Shane added.2011, J L Walters, Bloomingulch. From the entry goodful
• A death sentence for Kasab, seen to represent Pakistan, will be widely supported in a frenzy of righteous retribution.2010 May 4, Priyamvada Gopal, “Executing Mumbai gunman is not the answer”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News…. From the entry clemency
• Even a hairshirted Calvinist derived pleasure from his righteous self-deprivation: Sacrifice can be its own reward and source of perverse joy.2010, Andrew Benett, Ann O'Reilly, Consumed: Rethinking Business in the Era of Mindful Spending, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN…. From the entry hairshirted
• Michoacán Icepack! numberless kilos of righteous weed, name your figure, just for trivial information we already have anyway.2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, page 33. From the entry Panama Red
• "There's a whole barrage of righteous youthman out there," he sings as hundreds of hands rise in solidarity.2006, Vibe - Volume 14, Issues 1-6, page 86. From the entry youthman
• Here, the vampiress personifies righteous indignation, a one-woman lynch mob.1975, Angela Carter, “The Art of Horrorzines”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 551. From the entry vampiress
• Birdsong, who followed the Colombian, stopped his hymn singing at this lickerish pantomime and watched his fellow muleteer in righteous disapproval.1922, T. S. Stribling, “The Web of the Sun”, in Adventure, Chapter 3. From the entry lickerish
• We've got to be constitutional' – is a righteous one, for it is only advanced by Labour MPs corrupted by public life.2014, Steven Fielding, A State of Play, page 61. From the entry macdonaldite
• The prizes, which are the wayward son of the more righteous Nobels, are supposed to reward research that makes people laugh, then think.2004 October 1, Helen Pilcher, “Laughter in the lab”, in Nature, →DOI. From the entry wayward
• The Brown Shirts crowded close to the aircraft, taking righteous possession of it now that it was shut down on the deck.1997, Keith Douglass, Alpha Strike, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry brown shirt
• The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.1994 May 21, Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules Winnfield (Samuel L[eroy] Jackson). From the entry iniquity
• The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.1994, Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson). From the entry inequities
• Hades, was this your judgment righteous?1968, Philip [i.e., Philippus of Thessalonica], “LXXVII: The Young Buried by the Old”, in A[ndrew] S[ydenham] F[arrar] Gow, D[enys]…. From the entry wreathe
• The righteous is not innocent of the deeds of the wicked, And the white-handed is not clean in the doings of the felon.1923, Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet. From the entry white-handed
• They'd had occasion to see Peyton Armistead in all his righteous fury and she knew they wouldn't hesitate to take him down if she gave the word.2014, Mallery Malone, Take Down, →ISBN. From the entry take down
• But that it was by no means absent is shown by the numerous instances in Acts of the punishment of evildoers and the recompensing of the righteous.2010, Herbert McLachlan, St. Luke, the Man and his Work, page 250. From the entry recompensing
• Even these debates rarely constituted an exchange of ideas; they more resembled a contest of sectional champions, or a game of righteous, intellectual, and regional one-upsmanship.2002, John Patrick Daly, “The Evangelical Vision of the South and Its Future”, in When Slavery was Called Freedom: Evangelicalism…. From the entry one-upmanship
• But they are enemies of my state, of the only righteous state, even if this state does not yet exist outside of my dreams and wishes.1944, Ludwig von Mises, Omnipotent Government. From the entry etatism
• Old Satchmo is back on the Main Drag and is gonna be beatin' out-ta mess o' righteous jive at the shpo-shoo spot until the early brights.1944 December 8, “Broadway Jam Session”, in The Tampa Times. From the entry early bright

Meaning of righteous

1. adjective Free from sin or guilt.
2. adjective Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.
3. adjective Justified morally.

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Questions about righteous in a sentence

How do you use righteous in a sentence?

Righteous is used as an adjective and verb. For example: “Human beings should take a righteous path, and so should art. We should promote kindness and beauty through art.”

What is a short sentence with righteous?

“Hades, was this your judgment righteous?”

What does righteous mean?

Righteous means free from sin or guilt.