sanctimony

How To Use sanctimony In A Sentence

• Perry has dealt in stereotypes and rude humor, with a side order of sanctimony. Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: For Colored Girls
• I am so sick of the sanctimony of bigmouths lecturing them about the need for civility in the wake of her murder.
• The microphone; the sampler, the phonograph, the electric guitar, the DJ, all of have infringed upon the sanctimony of contemporary popular music and came out vindicated.
• The poll does ask some loaded questions, but I believe an alarming level of sanctimony is implicit in those answers (Is the US more divided by class than Europe, I think not … are our racial tensions more acute, not even close). Think Progress » The task of winning hearts and minds
• Question: Is there any chance — any chance — the Times would not release the tape and publish front-page story after story about the gory details, with the usual accompanying chorus of sanctimony from the oped commentariat? Archive 2008-10-01
• This is an opportunity to switch from sanctimony to sacrifice, to show that in journalism ethics are valued over profits?
• This insufferable self-serving sanctimony about freedom and liberty is more than just annoying, however.
• Behind the sanctimony is a cliché: McDonald's medicine. TIME.com: Top Stories
• Both the book itself and its reception (as recorded on Amazon. com) expose the sort of pleasure it promotes: that of solidarity in sanctimony. Archive 2007-10-01
• But with any luck, it will be a eye-feast of hundreds of thousands of good-humored, well-behaved Americans, there to answer the cynicism of Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally, at which the notion that the election of a black president somehow sullied the nation's dignity was dressed in sanctimony and a display of patriotism so bombastic that it was almost camp. Adele Stan: 4 Reasons Why Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity Is Great for Progressives