| 单词 | sanctimonious |
| 例句 | His froglike face grew calmer, and even took on a slightly sanctimonious expression. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Let every last one of them glean themselves, and we can be done with their self-loathing, sanctimonious ways. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Nurse Cramer was there, though, and sizzled with sanctimonious anger like a damp firecracker. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He could picture the fiery and malicious exhilaration with which they had made their wreckage, and their sanctimonious, ruthless sense of right and dedication. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The Morning Herald, sanctimonious as ever, editorialized: There is a proper course in protesting substandard housing, and Operation Breakthrough would have been well advised to have counseled the Edgemont Community Council to follow it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like that in Shakespeare too. ‘If thou dost break her virgin knot before all sanctimonious ceremonies may with full and holy rite . Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z More devastatingly, he finds himself sentenced to live past the Georgian era into the frowzy Victorian age, which could not suit him less, with its “sanctimonious” attitudes and “piety,” as he disdainfully proclaims. Review: ‘Being Mr. Wickham’ Tracks a Rake’s Progress 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z His collection is “built to blow the foolish, sanctimonious notions of these folks right out of the water,” but he and Delvin step lightly around the South. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z He added that the decision to pull the reruns was made by Viacom at the behest of “sanctimonious left-wing special interests in New York and elsewhere.” Ben “Cooter” Jones: TV Land pulling “The Dukes of Hazzard” reruns is like a Nazi book-burning 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The commentators may conclude that your niece is being sanctimonious, but they will also be discouraged from repeating their rudeness to the next compassionate person. Perspective | Miss Manners: Responding to misguided ‘you’re so brave’ comments 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z It’s a sanctimonious term that’s caught on among food historians, especially Southern ones, in recent years. Books of The Times: What Africa Brought to the Table 2011-01-24T18:22:55Z Members of Generation X grew up under the heavy, sanctimonious shadow of the baby boom’s long adolescence, among crates of LPs and shelves of paperbacks to remind us of what we had missed. Shelf Life: Our Collections and the Passage of Time 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Cowen’s prose is animated by his dislike of sanctimonious, more-organic-than-thou types — the foodie liberal elite — but his book is its own elaborate exercise in conspicuous consumption and reverse snobbery. Books of The Times: ?An Economist Gets Lunch,? by Tyler Cowen 2012-04-10T15:38:44Z The “fat girl” episode was a rare case in which he was criticized, as some feminists found his take on female body issues somewhat presumptuous and sanctimonious. How Louis C.K. became the Oprah of comedy 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z It is the cheapest target of all: Humanism is sentimental, flabby, bourgeois, hypocritical, complacent, middlebrow, liberal, sanctimonious, constricting and often an alibi for power. Among the Disrupted 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z He hides behind sanctimonious manners and political rhetoric, which helps him more effectively push a racist/homophobic/xenophobic/misogynist agenda. All the vice president’s memes: Reading Mike Pence’s stillness in the Oval Office showdown 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The policy of supporting the apartheid regime was called “constructive engagement,” which, while it may sound a bit hypocritical today, does not have quite the sanctimonious ring of some other US foreign ventures. The real US policy toward Nelson Mandela 2013-12-12T12:35:00Z There are so many ways to be sanctimonious about the recent and abrupt implosion of Gawker, the confrontational news and gossip site that has long positioned itself as the rebel frontiersman of the Internet. Et tu, Gawker: Can Nick Denton’s rebel tabloid empire be saved from slime and self-righteousness? 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z His collection is “built to blow the foolish, sanctimonious notions of these folks right out of the water,” but he and Delvin step lightly around the South. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Plutocracy at its most sanctimonious: Louis Auchincloss’ “The Winthrop Covenant,” published in 1976, traced this corruption in intimate, poignant vignettes of old American families across generations. The coddling of the conservative mind 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z But the benevolent smile lurking under the pre-World War I mustache is deceiving: The man is a sanctimonious prig who siphons all the fun out of life. Review: In ‘The Price of Thomas Scott,’ Puritanism Prevails 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z But when you make an episode as didactic, as righteous, as sanctimonious as this, you own what it preaches. Listen Here, Internet Girl: The Newsroom Rapesplains It All 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z It’s easy to say this and sound sanctimonious. Suffer the Children: Saying "No Thanks" to TV's Child-in-Peril Stories 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z With their aura of the sacred, superhero movies have also acquired an air of the sanctimonious and a fixation on doctrinal purity. The Superhero Movie as Secular Religion in “Aquaman,” “Bumblebee,” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z As they try to stop a sanctimonious bad guy from resurrecting a rival Egyptian deity, enduring chases, desert treks and crunchingly violent battles, they grudgingly trade off possession of their shared body. ‘Moon Knight’ Review: Raiders of the Lost Identity 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z In his little comedy Saint-Saëns recalls the conflict between voluptuous Philistines and sanctimonious Hebrews in his grand opera Samson et Dalila, and Gounod in La colombe likewise parodies his own more pompous Faust. La princesse jaune/La colombe; La rondine – review 2013-07-13T23:05:23Z But Rosler, who was born in Brooklyn and still lives in the borough, is not sanctimonious—she understands the power of humor to drive a point home. What to Do in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z But my birth year, 1962, was really the tail end of the sanctimonious '50s, a time when, as my father would eventually say to me, no one but Elizabeth Taylor got divorced. In the house of alternative facts: How my parents' lies prepared me for post-truth America 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z But Monkeybug felt we were the problem, not the solution: "There's room for improvement in Hollywood, but if the Guardian had their way, we'd have nothing but sanctimonious Michael Haneke-esque stuff filling the multiplexes." Readers' Reviews 2011-01-06T23:15:00Z But I truly believe that the people who do the serious work of hunting don't need lectures from sanctimonious urban chalk-wielders. Turns out our stereotypes of hunting are really about our own fear of death 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z He created a mighty, faux-Wagnerian fantasy that offered the petty and sanctimonious palliatives of “Leave It to Beaver” in a vast mythology, uniting past and future. The Robotic Familiarity of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Lots of sanctimonious journalists then got upset about his carbon footprint. We shouldn't fret about the carbon footprint of Will.i.am's helicopter 2012-05-25T14:41:37Z The problem isn't the content of the speeches, but their sanctimonious, bulldozing, I-will-brook-no-argument tone, which is poised somewhere between a crusading newspaper editorial and a David Simon talk show riff. How "Treme" untangles the lessons of trauma 2011-04-25T13:26:00Z A choir, stuttering electronics and a looming beat answer him, but there’s nothing sanctimonious about the song; Stromae sounds like he’s still grappling with his troubles. FKA twigs Seeks Angelic Intervention, and 10 More New Songs 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z It will just turn you in to a self-deluding, sanctimonious bore. Clean eating: yet another pious diet to squeeze the joy out of good food 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Throughout Paterno’s 61-year run at Penn State, he was often accused of being a phony — of not caring as much as he pretended to about academics, of being smug and sanctimonious and hypocritical. Books of The Times: ‘Paterno’ by Joe Posnanski, a Biography of the Coach 2012-08-20T16:25:26Z Next: a letter to “a blackberry abatement specialist” from a stingy, sanctimonious crank named Audrey Griffin, who wants her yard cleared of prickly blackberry bushes in time for the school’s fund-raising party. Books of The Times: ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette,’ a Maria Semple Novel 2012-08-06T18:53:15Z Tipped off by a sanctimonious British tabloid in February 1967, the police raided Richards’s Sussex home during a small party, and found a modest amount of drugs. She’s Marianne Faithfull, Damn It. And She’s (Thankfully) Still Here. 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z But the curators said the show would be a failure — and most likely a disappointment in Rauschenberg’s eyes as well — if it were read as a sanctimonious affirmation of blue-state, art-world liberalism. Rauschenberg Foundation Gallery Opens as a Big Tent 2012-09-26T21:48:32Z It was a load of disappointingly patronising guff about how "woman is closer to the rhythms of Earth" and stuff like that, and it predisposed me against him as a bit of a sanctimonious berk. This week's new singles 2011-01-22T00:06:43Z He did get quite sanctimonious and preachy for a period, but it's clear he's landed in a good spot. A Slower Pace for TV’s ‘Galloping Gourmet’ 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z When the gist of your story boils down to “Look at me — I know something you don’t know,” people will see you as sanctimonious. Dear Internet: Sorry about that motherhood post 2013-02-03T02:00:00Z The sanctimonious, suntanned Boone, 80, has long been guided by a Christian God he worships throughout his sunny new "Legacy." Jerry Lee Lewis and Pat Boone spread their religions 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z I saw four episodes, each more sanctimonious and unconvincing than the last—if you still think the show is great after that, come back and tell me. Dead Tree Alert: Blowhardball: The Not-So-Special Comment of HBO’s The Newsroom 2012-06-21T12:53:34Z By the way, it was observed on Twitter that the family’s sanctimonious statement mentions God six times, “daughters” none. “Family values” creeps have a tough week: Josh Duggar, Bill O’Reilly & the sickening hypocrisy of the sanctimonious right 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Which may be the reason “Elementary” is able to land such substantial thematic punches without seeming sardonic or sanctimonious. ‘Elementary’ affirms its place as the smartest study of recovery on TV 2014-04-24T19:18:54Z Shot over twelve years, Richard Linklater’s movie, though sanctimonious about its virtuous youth and family values, is still the slightly better film. The Oscars 2015: For the Birds 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z A more transgressive surrealist like Luis Buñuel might have found “Pandora” hilariously sanctimonious but it casts a spell just the same. How ‘Pandora and the Flying Dutchman’ Still Casts a Spell 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z This might be barely tolerable if it weren’t for Dermot’s sanctimonious hostility. ‘Dark Corners,’ Ruth Rendell’s final mystery novel, ranks among her best 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z But what saves the whole project from collapsing into sanctimonious attitudinising is Adams' remarkable score, which contains some of his finest music for many years. The Gospel According to the Other Mary – review 2013-03-17T19:07:10Z He’s been championed as a pioneer of environmentalism and radical simplicity, but in Schulz’s view, he was a sanctimonious jerk. Why cabin fantasies shut out reality 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z When Oscar Wilde published his ironic morality tale about decadence and disillusion, the press — and, eventually, the courts — had a sanctimonious field day. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for June 2018 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Singled out for scorn is the new-found religious zealotry, commanded by mullahs she considers cowardly and sanctimonious. The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi 2010-04-23T23:07:00Z If nothing else, we knew that Chuck was sanctimonious and proud to an insufferable degree. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: A Chimp With a Machine Gun 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z In time, he joins the law office of Mr. Covert, in whose “visual organs” were “a certain sanctimonious satanic look.” Jon Hamm gives his voice to Walt Whitman’s long-lost novel 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z She put my vulnerability at ease by being more cheerleader than sanctimonious critic. How politicians get camera-ready: Stylists and media training 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Read this excellent account of a sanctimonious, egotistical crook and hypocrite, then you tell me. Review | ‘The Professor and the Parson’ tries to make sense of a narcissistic con man who fooled nearly everyone 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z I eat too many hamburgers to be sanctimonious here. A Third Horse Dies, and HBO Cancels Luck 2012-03-15T13:22:34Z Elsewhere, Carol and Morgan woke up to find the Wolfman gone and Denise as his hostage, which would seem to validate Carol’s belief that Morgan’s sanctimonious no-kill policy jeopardizes his comrades. ‘The Walking Dead’ Midseason Premiere: Zombie Antietam 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z I think it has to do with the network's corporate personality, which fuses Nielsen-chasing shamelessness with heartland pandering and a faintly sanctimonious blandness. Meet the worst new TV show of 2011: "Suspect Behavior" 2011-02-16T15:01:00Z In the nature of the contemporary newspaper feature, it’s a touch sanctimonious. Telling the Story of the Tulsa Massacre 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Pence waxed sanctimonious over Page and sometimes over Harris with little stopping him beyond his opponent's will. Pence vs. Harris: Amid lies and side-eyes, a garbage pile of a debate attracts a fly 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z It is marginally more credible than Mr Murdoch’s sanctimonious mea culpa at high noon on “The Humblest Day Of My Life”. Paper Giants: Magazine Wars - TV review 2013-06-02T15:04:00Z Writing a book about the quest for ethical perfection, Schur risked coming across as unbearably pedantic or worse, sanctimonious, but he grounds his overviews of abstract doctrines in self-deprecating digressions. Michael Schur’s Unending Quest to Be Perfect 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z You really landed a punch with your answer to “Sad Sister,” the sanctimonious woman who excluded her sister from family outings. Ask Amy: Inflating drama won’t help fiance deal with mom At least when Macklemore gave a similarly sanctimonious and self-aggrandizing performance at the Grammys with “Same Love,” the song was actually about gay people. Here Are the Best and Worst Moments of the 2016 Grammys 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z But the writings here reflect the Mr. Carter we know: boastful and painfully confessional, sanctimonious and callous, insightful and un-self-aware. Books of The Times: From Seat of Power, Battling Many Crises 2010-09-26T22:18:00Z Clara is a sanctimonious churchgoer and advertises herself to be a saintly senior citizen. Perspective | Ask Amy: Husband has become way too handy with tenant 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z There may be no role Barrymore is better suited to than that of sanctimonious environmentalist. Big Miracle: A Slice of 80s Nostalgia, With a Side of Whale 2012-02-02T17:37:40Z Up to this point, it has been close to unwatchable, with its attempt to recreate the rhythms of classic journalism movies coming off as alternately sanctimonious and hysterical. Will McAvoy, you’re so smart! 2012-07-23T18:30:00Z Gather round, all you well-meaning liberals simultaneously preaching the same sanctimonious sermon about how the “social justice left” is too uncompromising, too zealous, too mean. Outrage culture changed the world: “PC” critics are wrong — marriage equality happened because activists used shame and rage 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z My son's father-in-law told me, in a text message to a family group, to “not be so sanctimonious.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Son’s father-in-law called your covid advice ‘sanctimonious.’ How to respond? 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Jesse was a cynic long before that -- a white boy who rebelled against his upper-middle-class parents' sanctimonious coldness and remade himself as a faux gangsta who was all about getting paid and laid. Recap: "Breaking Bad" 4x3, "Open House" 2011-08-01T18:30:00Z His sense of duty yields an effortful and sanctimonious movie that, at the same time, takes its place in a lamentable recent trend. The Beauty of Sam Mendes’s “1917” Comes at a Cost 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z To me, it seemed like a reasonable bit of rhetorical balm, an exhortation to summon the better angels of our nature, but Oliver saw it as a sniveling, sanctimonious, hypocritical lie. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Mainstream media fawning over Biden? Hardly. 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z “What is a mom to do with boys these days? That’s not a question with an answer — nobody but the sanctimonious, it seems, really knows precisely how to make good men.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z I suspect other people in the group may see him as sanctimonious, too. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Son’s father-in-law called your covid advice ‘sanctimonious.’ How to respond? 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, the former Labor prime minister Tony Blair elicits nearly comparable scorn as a sanctimonious egotist in the pocket of the United States. The voice of Winnie the Pooh is something of a teddy bear himself (with claws) 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z But the sparkling veneer of this respectful production hides a much more brooding, sanctimonious and didactic play. Theater Review | 'The Cocktail Party': Shaken and Stirred at a T. S. Eliot Comedy 2010-03-19T22:09:00Z College kids are called wimpy, wusses, whiners, babies, and, in the words of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, “sanctimonious, sensitive, supercilious snowflakes.” Why are college students so stressed out? It's not because they're "snowflakes" 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z During these various debates about Libya and Syria, Power quotes Obama as snapping at her when he felt her comments came across as “dogmatic or sanctimonious.” What Samantha Power Learned on the Job 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z But this time, Mr. Crowe loves his subject too well and too blindly, producing a lecture in Rockology 101 that is dramatically flaccid, burdened by respect — and, yes, sanctimonious. Review: ‘Roadies,’ Building Each Night’s Stairway to Heaven 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Kudos, too, to librettist Mark Campbell for an insightful text that avoids the pitfall, all too easy with this material, of becoming sanctimonious. ‘As One’: New opera serves as effective monodrama, subversive duet 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z “Captain Fantastic” is so sanctimonious that one practically expects the daughter reading “Lolita” to rip out the pages and use them as toilet paper while praising the biodegradable value of paper. Worst of 2016: 10 movies that failed spectacularly to deliver on their promise 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The stranger may think you are sanctimonious, but might also realize what these jibes implied. Perspective | Miss Manners: Stay-at-home dad objects to ‘playing hooky’ remarks 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z It’s also a deeply spiritual film, without being pietistic or sanctimonious. Perspective | Movies to satisfy your pent-up wanderlust 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z In a sanctimonious 1994 essay in The New York Times, a critic wrote that the language and attitude of “Def Comedy Jam” was “reprehensible,” barely mentioning the quality of the performers. Why ‘Def Comedy Jam’ Gets No Respect 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Bird, the eldest, is the sanctimonious curmudgeon, who preaches a gospel of God, firm morals and hard work, but also has his own losses that have hardened him. Review: In ‘Hang Time,’ Lynched Men Tell Finely Tuned Tales 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Those sanctimonious chickens are coming home to roost now, and it will get worse for Cersei & Co. before it gets better. 'Game of Thrones' Invites You To Another Terrible Wedding 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Senators made sanctimonious speeches about rules, about comity, about how “this is not who we are,” as if what had just happened had not happened at all. Perspective | The grand finale of the Trump show: America watches farce devolve to horror 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z It’s cloying and sanctimonious, manipulative in all the worst ways, and it plays to almost all of Robin Williams’ worst impulses. 'It made my children cry': when real-life figures hate their biopics 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z She provides a strong contrast to her sanctimonious, humourless sister Mary, who spouts empty platitudes about acceptable female conduct. Pride and Prejudice at 200: looking afresh at Austen's classic 2013-01-26T08:01:00Z There’s little more solemn and sanctimonious than the great-person bio-pic, but Terence Davies’s “A Quiet Passion,” about Emily Dickinson, breaks the mold. Terence Davies’s Truthful Fictions About Emily Dickinson 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Ewan may be a sanctimonious scold — he is the most principled and least likable character on the show — but he is not wrong. ‘Succession’ Returns, With No Real People Involved 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The reason might have been Hart’s failure to recognize that the rules had changed and that he looked hypocritical and sanctimonious in insisting otherwise. Politicians’ sex lives used to be off limits. One scandal changed everything. 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z In reality, Carson is a snide, vindictive, sanctimonious brat. Movie Review: ‘Struck by Lightning,’ Written and Starring Chris Colfer 2013-01-10T23:02:00Z Can anyone watch a scene this callous and then be honestly moved, later on, by Paul’s sanctimonious speech about the injustices of American racism, classism and white privilege? Review: Bah, humbug! 'The Holdovers' is a clunky, phony white-elephant gift of a movie 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The cast and creators also did a stellar job poking fun at the usual sanctimonious portrayals of Indigenous traditions and culture. Funny, sad, smart and human: 'Reservation Dogs' was an ode to individualism and communal life 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z He said the state was relying on “sanctimonious rationales” for its conduct. Judge’s decision could force change in Michigan’s handling of newborn blood samples 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z “Hey@Disney, my home state will happily accept your 70,000+ jobs if you want to leave Florida,”she tweeted, adding, “SC’s not woke, but we’re not sanctimonious about it either.” What Microsoft’s Activision Setback Means for Deal Making 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z South Carolina, she said, “is not woke, but we’re not sanctimonious about it either.” Analysis: DeSantis' showdown with Disney carries political risk 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z I was sad because, like Driscoll, he reflects a sentiment that does not age well: harsh, indignant and crudely sanctimonious. A return to a faith of humility over flash | Op-Ed 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z To some, it signifies acknowledging and accommodating the diversity of American society and culture; to others, it bespeaks a punitive and sanctimonious campaign against white privilege. Column: Right-wing culture warriors say wokeness is dead. They can't even define it 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z To the sanctimonious left, this always smacks of capitulation, but among actual dealmakers it’s known as “finding the ceiling,” and Biden has proved unusually adept at it. Review | A not-too-deep look at Biden’s presidency so far 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z In addition, Mark too often comes off as surly or sanctimonious around Warren, as if the A-player is the only one of them mishandling their affair. Review: Rugby romance 'In From the Side' struggles with deeper issues 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z You'll soon find out that, freed from the algorithm that encourages sanctimonious posturing and pointless conflict, much of what seems so important on social media actually doesn't matter at all. A resolution for 2023: Time to say no to the "woke wars" 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z His criticism of progressives he views as overly censorious and sanctimonious is a sentiment many on the left have expressed. Critics Say Musk Has Revealed Himself as a Conservative. It’s Not So Simple. 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Like trolls and sanctimonious poseurs, influencers goose Twitter's algorithm by appealing to base instincts. Elon Musk must be stopped! If Twitter is to be a true "town square," it's time to socialize it 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z At other times, he’s unbearably sanctimonious and unwittingly comical in his know-it-all pretensions. Review | ‘Which Side Are You On’ tells a story for and of our times 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z If there has ever been a sport more sanctimonious than baseball, I don’t know it. Perspective | The sanctimonious baseball purists want to elevate Aaron Judge. Don’t let them. 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z “In our view, there is no justification for any act of terrorism, regardless of motivation. No rhetoric, however sanctimonious, can ever cover up bloodstains.” India stays neutral on Ukraine war, previews G-20 term at UN 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z There is something vicariously thrilling about the idea of taking down this cruel, sanctimonious man. 'Did she lose her mind?' Sharon Horgan explains her turn to the dark side 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Put it all together, and one can see that the Republican chorus against student loan relief ranks as one of the most stupendous outpourings of sanctimonious, hypocritical claptrap in recent memory. Column: Republicans attacking student loan relief as a taxpayer burden got degrees on taxpayers' dime 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Trump gloated at Cheney’s GOP primary defeat Tuesday night, deriding her as “sanctimonious” and a “fool” for suggesting his claims of a rigged election were false. Cheney’s defeat end of an era for GOP; Trump’s party now 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Lance's close bond with his dad is something he believes was key to persuading him, but he also says it's important to check your tone: "Ask yourself, 'Am I sounding sanctimonious?' Remain humble. Be gentle." Climate change: How to talk to a denier 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z "An opportunity which your party is ever eager to exploit with the sanctimonious superiority in which Alliance excels." Twelfth: Hanging bonfire effigies condemned by DUP leader 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z He accused Labour critics of the government of being "sanctimonious" and more interested in "personalities" than issues that mattered to the public. Chris Pincher: Tory MPs ask how long ministers can tolerate government lies 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z From the get-go, the argument was that the sanctimonious left wants to destroy your fun, and the way to rebel is to take serious risks with COVID-19. The GOP's prudery is unpopular, to fight back, the left has to scold less and talk about joy more 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z There are lessons in all this, and they make DeSantis look like a sanctimonious fraud and Disney look like a hive of fools. Column: In Florida, DeSantis punishes Disney — by giving it a big tax cut 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z We saw White Christians in the South sit serenely in their pews listening to what the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. called “pious irrelevancies and sanctimonious trivialities” as blatant injustices were inflicted upon Black people. Opinion | Silence in the face of injustice is a sin, too 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z That sanctimonious posturing is enshrined in the Big Cherry Heritage Festival, a celebration whose entire rationale is undermined by a council member who has discovered the sordid truth of Big Cherry’s past. Review | Tracy Letts skewers America’s shames in stunning debut of ‘The Minutes’ 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z She paused for a long time — long enough, perhaps, for millions of Black Americans to recall the last time some sanctimonious White man tried to dismiss, depreciate or deny the complexity of systemic racism. Perspective | Ted Cruz gave the nation a lesson on misreading kids books 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Worthy victims are used not only to express sanctimonious outrage, but to stoke self-adulation and a poisonous nationalism. In war, there are no "worthy" or "unworthy" victims: That's how we justify our crimes 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Antiwar views have been met with derision online, with critics referring to such peace proponents as sanctimonious “Virgin Marys” or as hypocrites that oppose all wars except those launched by the United States. Amid the roar of nationalism, a few antiwar voices in China emerge over Ukraine crisis 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z So let’s not get too sanctimonious about precedents. Column: Who says the Supreme Court shouldn’t overrule its precedents? When it needs to, it should 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z On "Pod Save America" this week, host Jon Lovett complained about the "grim and joyless aspect" of progressive politics and warns "nobody wants to become part of a sour and sanctimonious movement." Stop feeding Joe Rogan's trolls: Progressives must reclaim the politics of pleasure 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z So expect lots of sanctimonious speeches praising the Republican justices for their supposedly "pro-life" ways and waxing poetic about how the GOP supposedly stands for "life." "March for Life" is a misnomer — GOP's pro-COVID stance makes clear 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z It is an old and insidious game, one practiced not to promote human rights or press freedom but to envelop these courtiers to power in a sanctimonious and cloying self-righteousness. PEN America, the "human rights" careerists and the betrayal of Julian Assange 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z None of the dogmas shared by liberals infuriates me quite as much as the sanctimonious tendency to blame non-voters for Democratic defeats. Democracy vs. fascism, part 1: What do those words mean — and do they describe this moment? 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Do Democrats and their allies want to be "right" on questions of principle and to keep on complaining in sanctimonious terms about hypocrisy and lies and the violation of so-called norms and institutions? Stop calling the GOP fascists "hypocrites": No one cares, and they have no shame 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Christmas always comes around every year and fake victory follows, along with great ratings for Fox News, fundraising for sanctimonious Republicans and big money flowing into evangelical churches. 'Tis the season, once again: Evangelicals must save Christmas from an imaginary enemy 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z That from a CEO who often cites his company’s sanctimonious mission statement: “to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.” Column: Congress has a chance to take bipartisan action on Facebook. Don't let it slip away 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Sinema's sanctimonious declarations of meaningless "support" for bills that she's blocking from the floor isn't just bizarre trolling — it's also self-defeating. Kyrsten Sinema's run out of excuses: Supreme Court leaves Senate Democrats with little choice 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z An unrelated but current example is the Biden administration's sanctimonious effort to preach against anti-Asian bigotry while seeking to arouse the public against China. "Big government" and other lies we live by: How one Orwellian concoction consumed America 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z They wallow in a sanctimonious arrogance, one made possible by their privilege, which masks their subservience to corporate power and their amorality. The contradictions of "cancel culture": Where elite liberalism goes to die 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z To detractors he was a sanctimonious charlatan, the most dangerous man in America, a label he co-opted. Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70; Turned Talk Radio Into a Right-Wing Attack Machine 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z "The Arizona Republican Party is still Trump country in all districts. Weak self-righteous sanctimonious Rs are on notice." QAnon and evangelicals: Republicans baptized in crazy 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z At the risk of seeming sanctimonious in an era of primitive political tribalism, he would stake a claim on the moral high ground. The two sides of Joe Biden 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Clearly, the political center, with all its sanctimonious rhetoric, is reinforced when something like the Capitol assault occurs. America's long road to a fascist assault on the Capitol 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z What I mean is that "mainstream" Republicans will serve as sanctimonious, unctuous manipulators while the wild and crazy backbenchers keep the base in line. A new era of what-about-ism: Media already feeling pressure to cover Biden "corruption" 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z “I think it’s very self-righteous or sanctimonious to just dismiss people we disagree with without trying to understand why they believe what they believe,” added the funnywoman. Chris Evans, Zach Braff will 'never forget' Trump 'enablers' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Comedian Whitney Cummings railed against cancel culture and leftist intolerance in a new interview Wednesday, saying it’s “self-righteous or sanctimonious to just dismiss” Trump supporters as stupid because they hold a different viewpoint. Whitney Cummings: ‘It’s very self-righteous,’ ‘sanctimonious’ to dismiss Trump supporters as dumb 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z It's going to be a bloody battle with a sanctimonious GOP suddenly rediscovering the necessity for norms and a media desperate to prove they are "fair and balanced" after four years of Trump. Yes, Biden should pack the court: It's time to fight back against Mitch McConnell's power-grabs 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Where the other astronauts look upon Glenn as sanctimonious, he finds them incautious. Disney's 'The Right Stuff' is an object lesson in how not to remake a classic 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z A stoic, sanctimonious child, Gifty would pray for God to save her classmates who read books about witches and wizards. Heartbreaking, brilliant ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ is a luminous story of faith and family from Yaa Gyasi 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z “If tennis is a sport for ladies and gentlemen,” she wrote in American Lawn Tennis, “it’s also time we acted a little more like gentlepeople and less like sanctimonious hypocrites.” Review | Tennis star, fashion designer, integration advocate . . . spy? 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z “They argue that America is sanctimonious and hypocritical because we do the same things they do.” U.S. Diplomats Struggle to Defend Democracy Abroad Amid Crises at Home 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z More than that, I'm surprised the press corps didn't break into hysterical laughter at the sheer absurdity of that sanctimonious drivel. Pair of toadies: As Barr tries to protect Trump, Graham may be shoving him off a cliff 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z "On the heels of Katie Hill, and such sanctimonious and childish behavior on a Zoom call of all things, it is really not what this country needs," Garcia told host Dana Perino Monday. GOP Navy vet seeking California House seat rips Dem rival for 'sanctimonious and childish behavior' 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z When writers wax sanctimonious about their contributions to human society, they sometimes lose sight of their own complicity in the cultural industrial complex. Zoom plays? Sure, fine. But this theater critic doesn't need more stories, not now 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z If that all sounds a tick sanctimonious, Altschul is way ahead of you. Review: ‘The Gringa,’ at once a naif and a radical 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Still, the movement – and the restaurant at its forefront – has its critics, who argue that it can be sanctimonious, or narrow, or inattentive to the simple notion that food should be a pleasurable experience. What Noma did next: how the ‘New Nordic’ is reshaping the food world 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Grumpy, sanctimonious and unreflective, Sanders would be ill-equipped to strike the bargains necessary to win the nomination on a second or third — or fourth — ballot. Opinion | The coming Democratic train wreck 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z President Trump slammed Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Thursday for his “sanctimonious” vote as the lone Republican in favor of convicting Mr. Trump in his impeachment trial. Trump calls Romney ‘sanctimonious’ after vote for impeachment conviction 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Here the party that waxes sanctimonious about election security couldn’t secure its own election from itself. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The Fox News host concluded, "But this sanctimonious Trump hatred is getting old, especially as you watch the president accomplishing everything you said, Mitt Romney, you wanted to have happen in the country." Sean Hannity lashes out at Mitt Romney over impeachment witnesses: "I don't recognize this guy" 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z You can probably imagine the sanctimonious reaction to an advert like that today. Eric Cantona and 'the hooligan': the impact of the kung-fu kick 25 years on 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z You don’t call a columnist a “sanctimonious troll” in the middle of a news conference without visible steam coming from your ears. Some Washington State fans may say good riddance to Mike Leach, but good luck trying to replace him 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z At the time, this felt like an abstract notion; even a rather sanctimonious platitude. A warm welcome? The wildlife visitors warning of climate disaster 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z And then you find yourself accused of being a destructive, sanctimonious second-stringer — all for applying the ‘scientific values’ that you’d been taught. A toast to the error detectors 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z That caused tension between Warren and Obama, according to Politico, and officials in the Obama administration decried her as “sanctimonious” and a “condescending narcissist” during the effort to launch the CFPB. Report: Obama privately boosting Elizabeth Warren to “reluctant” Democratic donors 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z "To educate we the people, the masses of peoples, they hauled in three hyper-partisan, far left, holier than thou, sanctimonious, self-righteous ivory tower law school professors to teach us about the constitution." Sean Hannity: Democrats 'look really, really stupid' after latest impeachment hearing 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z If he senses he's going down, there is no reason to believe he will hesitate to expose Pence's role in this, in hopes of taking his sanctimonious veep down the slippery slide with him. Trump has a Mike Pence insurance policy: The sanctimonious veep is implicated too 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z No one buys its sanctimonious championing of “the collegiate model” anymore, the disingenuously lofty stance that to allow a college kid to earn an honest dollar is somehow cheapening. Perspective | The NCAA’s noxious behavior has done the impossible: Unite political ideologies. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z "Oh wait, it's because they're all performed by his good friends. So, as with most 'woke' campaigns, this one is riddled with sanctimonious hypocrisy." Piers Morgan rips John Legend for rewriting 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' instead of rappers' 'filth' 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z But he is a hated figure among many western conservatives, who view him as sanctimonious and trying to impose public morality. Trudeau Re-election Reveals Intensified Divisions in Canada 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Idealistic, sanctimonious talk of duty to the Constitution is fatuous. Opinion | Investigate the president, of course, but keep your hopes for impeachment in check 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z He added that cable news airwaves were "clogged by a bevy of self-righteous and sanctimonious commentators attempting to drag America into yet another witch hunt." Media ignoring Trump's economic wins, instead trying to 'drag America into yet another witch hunt,' Peter Navarro says 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z His challenge as the impeachment debate unfolds will be how to balance his outrage, and leverage his platform, without sounding more sanctimonious than righteous. As Republicans Face Impeachment Dilemma, Romney Is a Lonely Voice of Concern 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “The thing I can’t get over right now is gaslighting the American public into being like” – she adopts a sanctimonious tone – “‘If you hate the president, you hate America.’ Taylor Swift: ‘Pop music can feel like it’s The Hunger Games, and like we’re gladiators’ 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z It says something about Nirvana’s skill that swathes of In Utero deal with the usually dispiriting topic of a band complaining about their treatment by the press without slipping into sanctimonious Mr Writer-ish finger wagging. Nirvana's 20 greatest songs – ranked! 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The editorial accused foreign powers of inciting protests with malicious intent and of “sanctimonious posturing.” The ‘Great Firewall’: China censors videos, social media posts of Hong Kong protests 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z “Indeed, their sanctimonious posturing is hypocritical, given their bluster is maliciously intended and fans anti-government sentiment in Hong Kong and incites lawlessness,” it said. China state media criticize foreign 'hypocrisy' over Hong Kong... 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z He hates these words that are spilling from his mouth, so sanctimonious and self-indulgent. Why is Trent Dilfer coaching high school football? One reason is the son he lost. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z This is the system working, not its breakdown, and that includes all the sanctimonious, annoying, and often hypocritical partisan speechifying from politicians in both parties that inevitably accompanies such a process. Is This the Official Trump Constitutional Crisis? 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Simon Burns, the health minister, was caught on microphone in 2010 calling him “a stupid, sanctimonious dwarf.” Scapegoat or Hero? John Bercow, Commons Speaker, Upends Brexit 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z At the start of “A Complicated Kindness,” Nomi’s mother and rebellious older sister have left home under mysterious circumstances that have to do with the church and its brutal, sanctimonious leader. How a Beloved Canadian Novelist Reckons with Her Mennonite Past 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z People see her as an elitist who cheated the system, and she is perceived to have a sanctimonious attitude which hurts her whole ‘likability’ factor. Elizabeth Warren is conservatives’ most-disliked liberal 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z In her journalism – spoiler: Maid does have a somewhat happy ending – this anxiety is best reflected in sanctimonious comments left by readers. Porn, opioids and a freezer full of cigarettes: what one cleaner saw in America’s homes 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z The fancy names given to these operations were fraudulent, dressing up offensive attacks on defenceless civilians and civilian infrastructure in the sanctimonious language of self-defence. Ten years after the first war on Gaza, Israel still plans endless brute force | Avi Shlaim 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z He said, “It’s run by a bunch of sanctimonious bloody Americans who wouldn’t know rock and roll if it hit them in the face.” Wayne Kramer and the Meaning of Punk 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Adam Timmins, presumably a ref, emails in: “The Lee Probert comment was a bit sanctimonious: there’s nothing in Laws 12 that says, to the best of my knowledge, “unless it’s an emotional occasion”.” Cardiff 0-1 Leicester, Newcastle 1-0 Watford, Real Madrid: football clockwatch - live! 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z The right is in thrall to a rhetorical system where all positive messaging is shrugged off as empty rhetoric imposed by sanctimonious hypocrites, while ugly, violent rhetoric is processed as brave truth-telling. Good Trump, bad Trump: Media honors flip-flops, but we all know his fans crave the ugly 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z You certainly don’t need to be preachy or sanctimonious or overbearing in any way. Don’t let the shadiest, rudest, loudest win at work | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The Portsmouth Herald reports that Tober’s rating was downgraded from “well qualified” to “qualified” because of concerns he was “sanctimonious” and lacked a “breadth of experience.” NH lawyer led panel that vetted Kavanaugh for previous job 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z A judge called one of Mr. Kavanaugh’s oral arguments “less than adequate” and “sanctimonious.” Bar Association Questioned Kavanaugh’s Temperament and Honesty in 2006 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Ford and her family members were victims, Republican after Republican stated in sanctimonious tones. Brett Kavanaugh’s best defense: Loud shouting and conspiracy theories 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Democratic nominee Archie Parnell tweeted a sanctimonious condemnation of the joke following the debate, but did not, for some reason, see fit to say anything to Norman while he was in the room with him. Sexual assault is fun if we can all 'lighten up' about it 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z As sanctimonious as Meyer has been throughout his career, he looks like a fraud now. Perspective | College coaches are put on pedestals. I learned from one who stayed grounded. 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Maybe it’s us elders who are the sanctimonious snowflakes. Our complex college students 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Instead, Wynn uses a different tool to humorously undermine her most sanctimonious right-wing targets: seduction. The Oscar Wilde of YouTube fights the alt-right with decadence and seduction 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Such sanctimonious behavior demonstrates intolerance, immaturity and hypocrisy and, apparently, the gross failure of the University of Virginia to promote diversity of thought among its faculty and students. Opinion | Taking offense at Thomas Jefferson’s university 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Mugabe’s criticism of military intervention in politics is one that most Zimbabweans would find more than a little sanctimonious. Mugabe denounces his own party on eve of first Zimbabwe election without him 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z “You’re surrounded in your towns and in medium-sized cities by pretty sanctimonious people, and to have a columnist who would just give it to them was hilarious,” he said. Donald Kaul, irreverent columnist and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, dies at 83 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z One of the evaluators found him “sanctimonious” and another “stubborn and immovable.” Trump’s Supreme Court choice? Beltway insider, born and bred 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Don’t worry, some other corporation can be hired to run them better, cheaper, and without the sanctimonious attitude that covers up their ineptitude and puts us off-guard to question their authority. Letters: LeBron becoming the next Kobe might not be a good thing 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z This is the political leadership of the United States—at once cruel and sanctimonious. Trump’s Cruelty and the Crying Children of ICE Detainees 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Millet is uncompromising in portraying how he adopts a sanctimonious narrative to do what he wants with impunity. The fraught lives of Angelenos and their real estate are the focus of Lydia Millet's superb 'Fight No More' 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The things they do may be wrong, but they function as a bright spotlight, exposing the most sanctimonious, whine-prone players in the sport. The USGA almost always gets the reaction it wants out of players - Golf Digest 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Musk followed up by calling journalists sanctimonious twisters of facts beholden to advertisers – and proposed a remedy. Elon Musk: as business fortunes dip, he starts a war with the media 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z In writing, Mr. de Blasio is by turns sensitive and sanctimonious, aggressive and insecure. As Emails Reveal His Grievances and Grudges, de Blasio Doubles Down 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z He followed that up with a series of tweets arguing that “sanctimonious” journalists were driven by constant pressure to generate clicks and earn advertising. Tesla's Musk bashes media, proposes credibility check 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Yet questioning if the accord is fair to America or will forestall global warming is reliably met with sanctimonious scorn. Climate Activists Are Lousy Salesmen 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z He clearly took seriously the job of living up to expectations without ever being sanctimonious or didactic. From street kid to Pulitzer: why Kendrick Lamar deserves the prize 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Finally, we could have done without those sanctimonious comments of the staff of the 44th. The Man Behind the President’s Tweets 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z All right, Comey does come off as something of a sanctimonious tool. Opinion | Only you and I can stop Trump 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z He’s taking a lot of hits for being sanctimonious in the early reviews of his book, and there is certainly a holier-than-thou undercurrent to the book. Analysis | The Daily 202: How James Comey’s battles with the Bush White House prepared him to stand up to Trump 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z “Two, I think he’s sanctimonious. And three, he’s very self-involved. And let me unpack those.” James Comey treads fine line as book set to turn up heat on Trump 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z Cuomo is one of those politicians in the habit of sanctimonious sermonizing on his grand achievements. The Gendered Politics of Andrew Cuomo, Emasculator in Chief 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z As their members struggled with poverty, they mouthed “pious irrelevancies and sanctimonious trivialities.” Opinion | We Forgot What Dr. King Believed In 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Some Buddhists strike me as arrogant and sanctimonious, and I’m not alone in this assessment. Can Meditation Make Us Nicer? 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Whilst still sanctimonious and self-righteous, it seems more to be a... A Quiet Exodus: Why Black Worshipers Are Leaving White Evangelical Churches 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z In view of Bill Clintons past, this seemed sanctimonious and hypocritical. ‘They Can’t Wait to Vote’: Energized Democrats Target Dominant G.O.P. in Statehouses 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z There is a sense of seeking to tell Dublin’s sophisticated political set that another Ireland exists and that it won’t simply roll over to indulge the sanctimonious whims of a rootless city mob. Ireland divided as vote on abortion tests faith and the old order 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z The Politico article is certainly sanctimonious in tone. Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, C.D.C. Director, Resigns Over Tobacco and Other Investments 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z It’s Vega’s extraordinary performance, full of grace and depth, that keeps “A Fantastic Woman” in check from becoming something either too campy or too sanctimonious. Review: A star is born in Oscar-nominee ‘A Fantastic Woman’ 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Perhaps the Trump presidency will spare us from sanctimonious Republican lectures on appropriate presidential decorum in future Democratic administrations, but I doubt it. Opinion | Trump So Far Is More Farce Than Tragedy 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Coming from most Hollywood stars, this would probably just sound like sanctimonious garbage. Jessica Chastain is leading the charge for a new kind of Hollywood, both on-screen and off – LA Times 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z But don’t think for a second that he and his powerful, often sanctimonious team are going to roll over and accept a ban. Chris Froome Tests Positive, and Cycling History Repeats Itself 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Perhaps these sanctimonious zealots should participate in the Army to help defend their land. Daily Life in Jerusalem? ‘Difficult’ and ‘Intense’ for Arab and Jew 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Those who brought down Sen. Franken, including the politically ambitious Sen. Gillibrand from New York, and many sanctimonious feminists, including columnists for this newspaper, have done this nation a disservice. Al Franken to Resign From Senate Amid Harassment Allegations 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Colleagues described him as brilliant, principled and hard-working, but also arrogant, overly serious and sanctimonious. John B. Anderson, whose quixotic run for president helped hand the election to Reagan, dies at 95 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z And it's not just their slimy demeanors that are off-putting; it's the sanctimonious, hypocritical "leader of men" B.S. that's hard to swallow. Lane Kiffin has finally embraced his inner troll, and it's a delight - Golf Digest 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z That’s not always true, and sanctimonious hypocrites inhabit the left as well as the right: Harvey Weinstein participated in a “women’s march.” Opinion | God Should Sue Roy Moore 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z I was thinking that the sanctimonious commenters either never had kids, or had kids 25 years ago, when you could let your kids go to the playground alone without someone calling the cops. On YouTube Kids, Startling Videos Slip Past Filters 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z It’s a travesty that Moore and his sanctimonious ilk have been allowed to hijack “conservative Christianity.” Opinion | Christians: Our silence on Roy Moore isn’t enough 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The city they had snubbed for so many years was now one of their own, with the sanctimonious hypocrisy of the past conveniently abandoned before the first ceremonial shovels of dirt were turned. Column: Vegas rolls the dice and comes up a winner 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The Harvey Weinstein saga is but one symptom of a dangerous and destructive, yet smug and sanctimonious, liberal establishment. Harvey Weinstein saga but one example of the left’s culture war 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z I live in the PA 18th Congressional District and have received many sanctimonious replies to letters that I have sent to him regarding reproductive rights. Opinion | Sex, Sanctimony and Congress 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The movement Colin Kaepernick launched last year must refuse to cede the pointed and historical language of police violence and institutional racism to sanctimonious calls for unity. Why did Sports Illustrated erase Colin Kaepernick? | Ameer Hasan Loggins and Christopher Petrella 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z De León also called it a “holier than thou, sanctimonious argument” that bills need 72 hours of public review before passage. California Editorial Rdp 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Freeze cultivated a public persona as a pious Christian — he regularly tweeted Bible verses, and said his players competed out of love while opponents were motivated by hate — that struck some as sanctimonious. Ole Miss football pinned its NCAA scandal to a rogue assistant. He’s fighting back. 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Frankly, this sudden concern for the tenor of political discourse feels precious, even sanctimonious, given conservatives’ history of invective and lies. Is left-wing terrorism making a comeback? 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z His sanctimonious liberal peers treat him like a freak because he’s from the South. ‘Welcome to Braggsville’ at Book-It Theatre elegantly slides a knife into American racism 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., recounted candidate Trump's comments prodding supporters to pummel demonstrators at rallies and said Republicans were being "sanctimonious." Steve Scalise Undergoes More Surgery After Congressional Baseball Shooting 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Yet instead of retreating from the remarks, she doubled down with increasingly sanctimonious defences. South Africa’s opposition tries to patch things up 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Strip away the sanctimonious tradition, however, and what you see is what the Times describes: career prosecutors running the offices. Trump isn't filling key vacancies in the criminal justice system. That's good | Ross Barkan 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z It’s obvious Ms. Fey missed the irony of her remarks; it is exactly this patronizing, sanctimonious attitude that both men and women rejected in the election. Trumpmageddon 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z But it’s not about criticism of any particularly president, it’s Hollywood’s constant sanctimonious lecturing of the unwashed hoi polloi. Liberal establishment is failing 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z “I had dinner with him, and I gotta tell ya,” Icahn said, “I couldn’t figure out if he was the most sanctimonious guy I ever met in my life, or the most arrogant.” Financiers Fight Over the American Dream 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Perhaps the most notorious dispute was with Conservative MP Sir Simon Burns, who in 2010 called him a "stupid, sanctimonious dwarf". Who is John Bercow? Six things about the UK's Speaker - BBC News 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z She added, “I don’t think we would ever want to be sanctimonious, or behave as if we have everything figured out and we’re in a position to lecture other people on how to behave.” Justin Trudeau, Facing Pressure to Oppose Donald Trump, Opts to Get Along 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z With her unfettered cluelessness, Ruth, a proud member of the Missionary Ladies Society, is one of those monstrously sanctimonious figures we love to disdain. Strong performances highlight timely period drama 'Sophie and the Rising Sun' 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z For that reason I was and am very grateful to Ben Smith and Buzzfeed, and found the more traditional media sanctimonious in their efforts to distance themselves. Why BuzzFeed News Published the Dossier 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z We take a certain sanctimonious pleasure in these people’s public disintegration and show shockingly little compassion, as though their wildly successful careers and personal fortunes make their pain more acceptable than that of mere mortals. What makes celebrity meltdowns entertainment instead of tragedy? | David Ferguson 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Religious conservatives, for example, are typically attacked by liberals for being preachy and sanctimonious. Pushing back against the mortal risk of politics 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Lawyers issued open letters pointing to flaws in the prosecution’s argument, and state media outlets published sanctimonious editorials calling for the court to show humanity. Villager’s Execution in China Ignites Uproar Over Inequality of Justice 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z The article ridiculed her as naive, sanctimonious and incoherent, but it also captured something real about her earnestness and motivations. ‘I’m with her’: The strengths of Hillary Clinton 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z There isn't a woman alive, aside from the sanctimonious one's, who don't stick by their man, guilty or not, especially if he's good looking, and has a nice bank account! Soccer Player Ched Evans Is Acquitted of Rape Charges in Retrial 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Weld promises that a Johnson administration would feature “no more sanctimonious speeches from the White House and no more bullying and braggadocio from the White House.” The Libertarians Make Their Case 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Despite the government's sanctimonious assurances, there was never a serious police inquiry into the perpetrators of these attacks, and the attackers were never apprehended. Lasantha Wickrematunge: Murdered editor's body to be exhumed - BBC News 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z But her performance tonight was adversarial, prosecutorial and at times sanctimonious. 'Clinton weaponized Trump’s words': the reaction to the presidential debate 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Clinton needs to expose Trump as a policy lightweight and a dangerous potential president while avoiding coming across as overly prepared or sanctimonious. What can we expect from Clinton and Trump in the debate? 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Imagined in the context of 1988, it reads like he could be throwing sarcastic shade on some of the more sanctimonious save-the-world rock stars of the era. Talking Heads – 10 of the best 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Who wants to be labelled a sanctimonious tofu tout or a clean-eating vanity case? This is what a vegan looks like… 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z It would be difficult for a reader to feel “sanctimonious” about torture, as it would be difficult to understand what the CIA had actually done. 'A constitutional crisis': the CIA turns on the Senate 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Demanding consistency of Mr. Trump is like demanding it of the weather - an exercise in la-la-land high-mindedness best left to the sanctimonious precincts of editorial pages. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Demanding consistency of Mr. Trump is like demanding it of the weather — an exercise in la-la-land high-mindedness best left to the sanctimonious precincts of editorial pages. Trump’s brazen immigration flip-flops 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Some cynical and sanctimonious observers label this "propaganda," when in fact, North Korea is pursuing one of the few avenues of public affairs diplomacy available to it. North Korean athlete selfie: What happens next? - BBC News 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z It goes without saying that, for all his efforts to instill self-reliance and fearlessness into his kids, Ben can be a sanctimonious pain and — more dangerously — prone to overlook the risk his survivalist lessons entail. ‘Captain Fantastic’: Tale of a charismatic off-the-gridder raising a brood of kids 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Persuasively putting a face on the meals most of America consumes regularly without coming across as a sanctimonious expose, “At the Fork” serves up an even-handed perspective on the subject of eating ethically. Documentary 'At the Fork' opens our eyes to the food we eat 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z But the sanctimonious tone didn’t deter many readers. The Prude Who Invented the Modern Novel 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z But so did his demeanor — which, D.C. veterans say, was often sanctimonious and rude. Why the Republican Establishment Doesn’t Like John Kasich 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Exactly who was Sam Harris protecting in this flagrant and sanctimonious act of expurgation? My secret debate with Sam Harris: A revealing 4-hour dialogue on Islam, racism & free-speech hypocrisy 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z And please spare me any more images of the sanctimonious Mr. Cook! Seeking iPhone Data, Through the Front Door 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Coogan says director Oliver Schmitz’s film, which has its world premiere at the festival on Saturday, is “a powerful indictment of capital punishment” but not “sanctimonious or preachy.” Steve Coogan film at Berlin fest puts death penalty on trial 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z On camera, Goodell can come off as tight, smug and sanctimonious — a politician, and not a particularly compelling one. Why Haven’t Concussions Hurt the N.F.L.? 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z This dilemma currently expresses itself as urban liberalism versus the evangelism, guns, and hatred for all things federal that presently enlivens those gathered inside the Tea Party’s sanctimonious Tiny Tent. This is an oligarchy, not a democracy: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and the real reason why change never seems to come 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z As an infantry veteran myself, I have trouble empathizing with the sanctimonious cant of a generation that overwhelmingly supports gay marriage while simultaneously refuses to dirty its own hands with the gore of its convictions. A more inclusive military won't matter if young people won't include themselves | Scott Beauchamp 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z He says his piece is the first high-profile religious art since the birth of Christ that has portrayed Jesus as something other than sanctimonious. Controversial ‘Homeless Jesus’ sculpture invites debate 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z This is not sanctimonious filmmaking, instead suggesting a kind of reverie. Reverie or history lesson? ‘The Pearl Button’ looks at long history of Chile 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z I tried my best not be sanctimonious to people less committed than I. All my trash for a year fit into two plastic bags. Here’s how I did it. 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Refreshingly in the world of strident foodies, Jammet and his colleagues manage to be ambitious without being sanctimonious. Can Fast Food Get Healthy? 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z But as a memoir, it’s sanctimonious and curiously impersonal. Traveling with feminist icon Gloria Steinem 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Britain’s most sanctimonious holiday camp had just materialised on the sunny Sussex coast. Hi-de-Hi with Jeremy Corbyn 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z This is more a reflection of the sanctimonious society we still live in and how sanitised sport has become than of any recent breakdown in sporting decorum. Why villains are good for sport 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Yet Daniel Okrent, author of “Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition,” called the public health arguments sanctimonious and said there’s no evidence that wholesalers protect public health. Alcohol Distributors Ply Statehouses to Keep Profits Flowing 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z WalletHub ranks the liberal and rather sanctimonious northern states of New York and New Jersey as the least patriotic states in the union. TAMMY BRUCE: Confederate flag controversy is latest battle in left-wing war on Southern history 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Their talk about sleepless nights and hard decisions gets a little sanctimonious. Review of ‘Five Presidents’ at the Bay Street Theater 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z “If tennis is a game for ladies and gentlemen, it’s also time we acted a little more like gentlepeople and less like sanctimonious hypocrites,” she wrote. Meet the Women’s Wimbledon Champion Who Was Also a Spy 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Kerry said the United States was not being sanctimonious in its criticism of other countries. Iran criticized for human rights abuses in State Department report 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Shahindokht Molaverdi, whose brief covers women and family affairs, denounced men whose violent threats prevented women getting into a match against the United States on Friday as “sanctimonious”. Iran vice-president attacks hardliners over volleyball ban for female fans 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z But as is so often the case in politics, it is the cover up - long, venomous, hair-splitting and sanctimonious - that has been most revealing, and most depressing. South Africa's 'brazen cover-up' of Zuma's home upgrade - BBC News 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Newcastle’s fans have suffered enough this season; they don’t need it ended with a sanctimonious lecture. Football: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Jonathan Stanley quit claiming there was "open racism and sanctimonious bullying" within the party. UKIP in turmoil over candidates 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The problem is that their heroism is often overshadowed by sanctimonious blowhards. The importance of resisting bigotry 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z We are a competitive, sanctimonious, altogether not a very nice bunch of people. The "Real Unemployment Rate" vs. The Spin: Where's the News Here? 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z “Stu, let me say that I think that this report came from a bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites,” Boykin responded — rich words coming from a current official at the right-wing Family Research Council. Bush official: CIA interrogation tactics weren’t torture, but IRS investigations are 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Tartuffe's faking is a matter of sanctimonious religion. Has modern art exhausted its power to shock? 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z After all, his sanctimonious denunciations of ideologues — particularly the left-wing kind — and his longstanding servility to corporate power make him an excellent fit for the smarmy, business-backed No Labels. Joe Lieberman is pretty sure history will record that George W. Bush was just swell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Threatening Beijing over Hong Kong’s protests would have satisfied fans of sanctimonious chest-thumping. Suffering Through The Neocon Moment: Warmongering and Nation-Building Don't Work 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z It may seem an avant-garde idea to the sanctimonious NCAA, but in Canada there is no rule against intercollegiate athletic programs being completely funded and overseen by private enterprise. Canada's Laval University Shows How to Do Football Right I also hope you going forward you find a way to be less of a passive-aggressive sanctimonious concern troll — but you know, we can’t all have everything we want, can we? "Law & Order: SVU" Ripped an Episode From My Headline 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Even worse is Grimes’s sanctimonious effort to wrap her evasiveness in patriotic bunting, the “sanctity of the ballot box” and the privacy protections for voters enshrined in the state Constitution. A campaign with no answers True Food Kitchen is an elegant yet kid-friendly restaurant outfitted in a row of white birch trees — a shame-free design element to rest your eyes upon, unlike the sanctimonious signage. Take a Mosaic District food and drink tour Yet it’s more than that, it’s that sanctimonious attitude of both their players and fans. Do Dodgers fans have to root for either Giants or Cardinals in NLCS? 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The formerly sanctimonious Eric Cantor, who worked against the interest of working people for years in Congress, gets booted from the House by an even greater ideologue, and promptly joins a Wall Street investment firm. We need a new constitution: Here’s how we save American democracy from charlatans, loudmouths and the 1 percent 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z So while what they did was wrong, said Obama, “It’s important for us not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect about the tough job that those folks had.” Obama’s breezy words for post-9/11 torture 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The president cautioned, though, that “it is important for us not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect about the tough job that those folks had.” Obama Expresses Confidence in C.I.A. Director 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z However, he also said it was important “not to feel too sanctimonious”, adding that he believed intelligence officials responsible for torturing detainees were working during a period of extraordinary stress and fear. Obama admits CIA 'tortured some folks' but stands by Brennan over spying 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z “You know, it is important for us not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect about the tough job that those folks had,” Obama said. Obama: 'We tortured some folks' 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z "It's important for us not to feel sanctimonious in retrospect about the tough job those folks had." Obama defends under-fire CIA director 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z “It’s important for us not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect about the tough job those folks had,” he added. Obama: US shouldn't be 'too sanctimonious' about torture 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, America’s president, the haughty, sanctimonious, and egotistical—even monomaniacal—Woodrow Wilson imagined himself as God’s anointed to bring peace to the earth, and that required America to become a belligerent. From Iraq To Ukraine, From Syria To Yugoslavia: Terrorists Who Wrecked The Modern World A Century Ago Are Creating More Wars Today 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z “It is important for us not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect about the tough job those folks had,” he said. Obama admits CIA 'tortured some folks' but stands by Brennan over spying 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, this seemingly intractable problem may not be amenable to the easy, and often sanctimonious, bromides of policy-makers and critics. Why 50% Of College Graduates Need Help From Mom And Dad 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Blake said being a "sanctimonious young actor" he had taken Lucas aside to ask him how to play his character. A look behind the masks of Star Wars 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z As New York’s mostly Irish immigrants fought to survive, Tammany offered a means for resisting nativists, sanctimonious Protestant preachers and upper-crust reformers who were disdainful of the poor and fearful of the Catholic Church. Book review: “Machine Made,” Tammany Hall and American Politics by Terry Golway Every sanctimonious politician who uses the Bible to advance an absurd policy decision generates a reaction that pushes more people towards atheism. A Nation of Atheists Still Wouldn't Trust One to Run the Country 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z On the single greatest issue of the time, however, these sanctimonious reformers were of no use at all. Straight into the Fox News buzzsaw: Why elite, billionaire liberalism always backfires 2014-04-20T11:00:00Z If this is a refreshing and noble message amid the seasonal din, it’s also an undeniably sanctimonious pose for a retailer and a bit confusing. Patagonia's Confusing and Effective Campaign to Grudgingly Sell Stuff 2013-11-25T21:02:09Z Follow There are few things Americans dislike as much as Europeans being sanctimonious. US spies act the injured innocent 2013-10-30T04:38:35Z One of the contenders, former transport minister Simon Burns, once called Mr Bercow a "stupid, sanctimonious dwarf". Deputy speaker race: Best of seven 2013-10-15T21:28:18Z The letter was from the roommate of a girl he had not thought of for a while and was sanctimonious and hostile, threatening in a whining way. Alice Munro: “The Bear Came over the Mountain.” 2013-10-14T04:00:00Z They want to be sanctimonious and pretend there’s nothing dirty about politics and big business. Sadly, Hansen’s tactics not out of the norm 2013-08-18T02:23:17Z The accompanying problem is that the news has made it seem prudishly sanctimonious to discuss the mayoral race beyond Mr. Weiner’s comical perversions and arrogant evasions. Big City: For de Blasio, Weiner Scandal Eclipses Issues in Race 2013-07-27T00:02:34Z Braun, the sanctimonious slugger for the Milwaukee Brewers, was suspended for the remainder of the season on Monday by Major League Baseball. On Baseball: Braun Comes Clean, but Damage Is Done 2013-07-23T01:50:22Z "It was his fearlessness that tore off Washington's sanctimonious mask". Edward Snowden is in Moscow airport, says Vladimir Putin 2013-06-25T16:15:07Z “It was his fearlessness that tore off Washington’s sanctimonious image.” China Brushes Aside U.S. Warnings on Snowden 2013-06-25T12:58:41Z Tuesday saw the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party praise Mr Snowden for "tearing off Washington's sanctimonious mask". Beijing rebuffs US Snowden charge 2013-06-25T08:59:49Z "It was his fearlessness that tore off Washington's sanctimonious mask." Top China paper hits back at U.S. accusations on Snowden 2013-06-25T04:08:58Z Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA said on Wednesday that people should not be sanctimonious about helping their children's careers, as his new tsar was embroiled in a row over alleged nepotism. Nick Clegg tells parents not to deny instinct to assist their children's careers 2013-06-05T18:07:12Z Mostly modestly dressed participants made a statement in the pious and sanctimonious city. Photos of the Day: May 31 2013-05-31T20:04:44Z Not Simon Burns, the transportation minister, who once called Mr. Bercow a “stupid, sanctimonious little dwarf” right on the Commons floor. The Saturday Profile: John Bercow, House of Commons Speaker, Seeks to Quell the Unruly 2013-04-26T23:38:30Z "We didn't set out to create a sanctimonious story which suggests if you're surrounded by naked women and make lots of money you're bound to come to a bad end," he says. Remembering the King of Soho 2013-04-23T01:22:51Z "That was our way of offering important information about purchases without being too didactic or sanctimonious about it," Schiff says. 'Made in the USA' Gets a Makeover 2013-02-09T05:00:00Z Clegg, who as a young man benefited from an internship at a Finnish bank set up by his financier father, said people should not be sanctimonious about assisting the careers of their children. Nick Clegg tells parents not to deny instinct to assist their children's careers 2013-06-05T18:07:12Z Mostly modestly dressed participants made a statement in the pious and sanctimonious city. Photos of the Day: May 31 2013-05-31T20:04:44Z This self sanctimonious rubbish really does not deserve web space. The Olympian the Games 'destroyed' 2013-01-25T09:44:38Z It’s a tradition for members of Congress who aren’t in the same political party as the president to make sanctimonious speeches against raising the debt limit, to keep that president from running up big bills. Economic View: How Boehner Could Find Blue Sky, Above the Debt Ceiling 2013-01-12T22:20:25Z I knew that the poignant connection with Tom Simpson gave me the chance to be sanctimonious and on my soap box in all my post-race interviews. David Millar talks to Donald McRae 2012-11-05T14:51:05Z The demoralizing aspect of the story is how quickly it’s been exploited as an opportunity, both by the media and the sanctimonious troll community, for all kinds of judging. The Krim family tragedy unleashes an onslaught of trolls 2012-10-29T16:18:00Z If it all sounds a bit sanctimonious and too good to be true, well, his critics certainly won't argue. Armstrong's foe says finding truth the No. 1 goal 2012-10-18T17:25:08Z This is embarrassing when you’re representing the sanctimonious hucksters in South Bend. Pinkett's right: Crime pays in college football 2012-08-30T13:40:00Z "I do not restrict what my husband eats," she says, adding that she refuses to become a sanctimonious "vegangelist". The vagaries of vegan dating 2012-08-15T23:34:34Z And look, one day, you might even get to write your own sanctimonious Guardian article. How I made it: three successful young graduates share their stories 2012-07-05T14:50:00Z But honeying at the whisper of a lord: And one the Master, as a rogue in grain, Veneer'd with sanctimonious theory.' Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z A people capable of producing and enjoying sermons like these, so free from the solemn and the sanctimonious, would be likely to wield the humorous pencil also. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z This is, in the Royal Navy, almost impossible; but it sometimes happens that, on passenger ships, some sanctimonious and fanatical individual or other has had a very rough time of it. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The theological student has become the butt in wide-awake society everywhere, and his appearance in public is the occasion for jests and ridicule over his sanctimonious vanity and silly pride. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Luckily she was not an old leaky vessel, overladen and heavily insured; one which the sanctimonious owners desired to see at the bottom, and which the captain did not care to save. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z "I shall now depart," essayed the German, swaying not too steadily before the bar, and raising his glass, "to become sanctimonious and good," and drained his glass. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z Add a Reply Cancel Unlike the sanctimonious NY Times, "GothamSchools" will be a party to this dangerous scam. SchoolBook: Poll Finds Most City Voters Support Release of Teacher Ratings 2012-03-14T03:54:54Z His white hair and weak, winking eyes added to his smugly sanctimonious expression. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Diffusion of knowledge and habits of industry will do more than sanctimonious admonitions, and the Penny Magazines may be considered more hostile to gin-drinking than the ranting of pseudo-saints. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Our discovery of the map took away the old man's sanctimonious dignity. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z This pudding-faced, sanctimonious, yet merciless judge had listened to the heart-broken appeals of the victims, raising their manacled hands to heaven for that justice denied them upon earth. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The judges are not elected representatives of the people and they are arrogating power to themselves as if they are the only sanctimonious institution in the country. Pakistan High Court Widens Role and Stirs Fears 2012-01-23T02:10:51Z The governor portrays the mayor as inflexible, sanctimonious and someone who treats the democratic process as an inconvenience, according to people familiar with his thinking. For Cuomo and Bloomberg, the Friction Doesn?t Let Up 2011-12-24T03:28:38Z These sanctimonious drunkards seem to consider ebriety as the most venial of offences!” Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z That creates a challenge: how to sound genuine — and not sanctimonious. In Tebow-style, Redskins rookie RB Roy Helu keeps the faith _ and doesn?t mind expressing it 2011-12-15T09:21:16Z And the money to pay that profit was loaned to some Christian nation for its war chest by some sanctimonious pawn-broker of the class described in "Unseen Empire" by David Starr Jordan. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z Rascal-neophyte, you will be as sanctimonious as the priest himself some day, and as sincere. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z Most of us are horribly afraid of being taken for sanctimonious persons, when there is really not the slightest danger. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z It has been supposed, that the sanctimonious sufferer was no other than Ireton, Cromwell’s son-in-law. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z "There were a lot of people who felt Joe was sanctimonious and holier than thou and pious when there wasn't any reason to be," Fitzpatrick said. Scandal leaves Paterno's reputation in tatters 2011-11-19T16:34:09Z It's true her husband was the most sanctimonious prig I've ever met in my life. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z We found the editor of "Sacrifice" in a condition of sanctimonious self-satisfaction. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z Do not confuse this with the sanctimonious and self-righteous rhetoric embraced by the Al Gore’s and James Hansen’s of the world. The God Species: Rethinking Environmentalism 2011-10-22T20:10:31Z The subject of quackery, in every sphere of life, whether it be resorted to by diplomatists or physicians, sanctimonious adventurers or fashionable roués, leads to serious consideration. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The man that could depict Rodin, the sanctimonious Jesuit, in his true character, as Mr. Sue has done, must necessarily be silenced in a Catholic country. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The face of this saint was so sanctimonious that it once paralyzed the arm of a robber, which was raised to give him a death blow. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Along the way, he has been a tireless, though critics have said sanctimonious, crusader against overpaid money managers, ineffective policy makers, short-term-fixated investors and financial professionals corrupted by conflicts of interest. Why John Bogle Is Upbeat About Stocks 2011-09-10T00:10:36Z But, apart from this, the wit is of a drier kind, and the sayings of a far more sanctimonious character. Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z It has nothing ascetic, or sanctimonious about it. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z In 1762 a clever but sanctimonious manager succeeded in crowding his company and his play into a Newport tavern. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z But she could not help thinking about the sanctimonious inhabitants of Westwood. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z How that sanctimonious old hypocrite ever got away with it all these years is the limit. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Let's not get too sanctimonious: more of them, please! The Joy of Six: Football on YouTube 2011-07-29T10:06:34Z “Of course they were grim and forbidding-looking,” supplemented Kitty, “and—” “And sanctimonious,” added some one, “with their blue laws.” Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z The works of Campbell and the rest Exhale a sanctimonious odour, Their vintage is but Schnapps, at best, Their Scotch is simply Scotch-and-sodour! More Misrepresentative Men 2011-07-20T02:00:14.390Z I do not wonder that he laughed, when he looked at Isabel, for her face was indescribably arch and sanctimonious. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z You weren’t so blazing straight-laced and sanctimonious until you got taken up by the nobs, either. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z That the Mormons despised long faces, and all religions which required people to wear a sanctimonious and hypocritical exterior. The City of the Mormons or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842 2011-06-23T02:00:26.503Z They were not really sanctimonious, they just got that name because they tried to live up to their convictions.” Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z It was quite startling sometimes in the middle of the night when all were asleep to hear him in a sanctimonious voice chanting a hymn. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z He hoped, with sanctimonious earnestness, that after this solemn warning, I would discard all my pagan ideas and proclivities, and consecrate my whole soul to the service of the only true and living God. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z I suppose, as Bob says, I must have become straitlaced and sanctimonious; but I hate to look upon it in that light. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z And it'd help if they were human and funny instead of sanctimonious and dour. Greenhouse gas emissions hitting record highs 2011-06-05T14:38:00Z Luckily she was not an old leaky vessel, over-laden and heavily insured; one which the sanctimonious owners desired to see at the bottom, and which the captain did not care to save. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z One of our own constables with a very sanctimonious face was also there. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The rescuers need not be quite so sanctimonious. Europe's banks: Follow the money 2011-04-14T10:51:41Z He accused his party leaders of making sanctimonious promises to students before the election and then letting them down. Twitter, Glee, moderates 2011-04-13T17:52:40Z My imagination had pictured the bank president of the stage, an elderly gentleman with white side whiskers, white spats, a sanctimonious air, and a terrible callousness in driving financial bargains. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Among the conspirators brought to trial and conviction, the cases of Glen, Billy Palmer and Jack Purcell were distinguished for the sanctimonious hypocrisy they blended with their crime. History of American Abolitionism 2011-03-28T02:00:23.663Z "But lodgings, you mean," retorted Zinka, casting down her eyes with sanctimonious sauciness. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Gilchrist always walked, and a lot of people thought he was sanctimonious because of it. The Spin: A good walk spoiled 2011-03-22T11:06:31Z This sanctimonious individual was the steward of Welsh’s house, and had formerly been his most valuable ally. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z “That sanctimonious old gentleman with the laurel leaves on his head and the very self-confident expression on his face?” The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z The veriest scoundrel can pay a pew tax and march up the aisle of the church with sanctimonious countenance. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z Redress of political wrongs is not the fruit of grim and sanctimonious silence. The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) 2011-03-03T03:00:50.323Z "Well, I'll take your word, you sanctimonious old shark, and five hundred dollars for my share." A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z I do not like such extremes," said Frau Baronin Fuchs to her husband, "is it necessary to jump from the sanctimonious to the most impudent children of this world? Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z It's hard not to be cynical about many of the sanctimonious responses I have received. Female foreign correspondents' code of silence, finally broken 2011-02-20T17:15:00Z The Cobourg seminary outstaring all that is sanctimonious: so airy and lank that learning cannot take root in it. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z You don't mean to say, Judson, that you allowed yourself to be taken in by her sanctimonious airs and the theatrical way that she kept clutching at that cross on her breast? Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z Being a zealous member of the Church of England, I object strongly to the sanctimonious air and beautiful silvery hair displayed by ministers in movie land. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Does he expose the hypocrisy of an American culture that is sanctimonious about private indiscretions but then forgiving of a public winner? From Prison to the Pro Bowl: The Meaning of NFL Quarterback Michael Vick 2011-01-28T19:00:00Z They were worse than wrong, he said; they were contemptible, people who wanted to "be able to feel good about ourselves, and sanctimonious about how pure our intentions are and how tough we are." Welcome to the year of living dangerously 2011-01-24T17:35:00Z And what he is about to do will unleash other forces also at war with normal, people who are turning our politics into a freak show for their own cynical or sanctimonious reasons. Vital Center: The Real Lesson of the Tucson Tragedy 2011-01-13T08:30:00Z Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. Read It and Weep: The Cult of the Constitution 2010-12-22T19:35:00Z It's bad enough that the president's top priority of health reform was hijacked by a sanctimonious senator who can't seem to decide which side he's on. Out from under TARP, banks are now free to fail again 2009-12-16T05:00:00Z James himself, who by nature was a spirited rather than a spiritual man, had no liking for sanctimonious transcendentalists, visionaries, or ascetics; he hated minds that run thin. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z Obama leveled some of his toughest criticism to date at the left wing of the Democratic Party, saying his critics were taking a "sanctimonious" position. Democrats question Obama's tax deal 2010-12-08T01:29:00Z These arrogant, sanctimonious, and self-aggrandizing nincompoops think they’re above the law and can do as they please. City Room: State Senator Guilty of Misdemeanor 2010-12-07T19:15:00Z So what minor incident will trigger a spate of pious handwringing and sanctimonious caterwauling this evening? Rangers v Man United - live! 2010-11-24T18:33:00Z Remember that the next time you read Google's sanctimonious logo "Don't be evil". Ireland shouldn't get a penny until it gives up its tax piracy 2010-11-22T20:30:00Z From bland opening statements to long-winded and sanctimonious speeches, the commissioners eschewed any attempt to develop a coherent narrative listeners could follow. DealBook: Another View: Lessons From Pecora Were Ignored 2010-10-14T16:30:00Z No sanctimonious statements about how painful the media had made it for him. Bush should have included apology with trophy 2010-09-16T01:46:00Z He says he hasn't read it, so I quote a chunk: "The sanctimonious piety of the man is sickening." Julian Assange, monk of the online age who thrives on intellectual battle 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z I mean, I don't like him, because he's a sanctimonious anti-woman creep. Father and son threaten to kill Bart Stupak 2010-06-08T15:30:00Z I admire Julius for the level tone with which he discusses this sanctimonious intelligentsia, who really will not rest until Israel is destroyed. Book Review - Trials of the Diaspora - By Anthony Julius 2010-05-07T14:49:00Z Ideally, though, Fox News would try to keep it honest at least while they are in the middle of getting sanctimonious about coverage of the Tea Party. Jon Stewart goes hunting for fair coverage of the Tea Party 2010-04-16T13:17:00Z In the face of some public opposition to the government's policy, Israel's Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Eli Yishai, accused Israelis of being hypocritical and sanctimonious. 'I was born here' 2010-02-22T10:24:00Z In the wake of my death, I know you will make all the usual sanctimonious noises and call upon the police to hold a swift and thorough inquiry. 2010-01-08T20:30:00Z It were not surprising therefore at the outset that his readers should inquire if he is sincere and reliable, or whether on the contrary he is counterfeiting honesty with a sanctimonious face. A Cursory History of Swearing Sometimes as Michael listened to the adventures he was reminded of Benvenuto Cellini or Casanova, but almost immediately the comparison would be shattered by a sudden sanctimonious blasphemy which he found nauseating. Sinister Street, vol. 1 In the light of his own experience in the factory and the mine, he regards the claim of the capitalist to be the self-appointed guardian of public interests as a piece of sanctimonious hypocrisy. The Acquisitive Society A very angular woman with sanctimonious visage and a huge Bible in her hand squatted herself by my bed. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document In other words, if the highest morality was Christianity, he claimed to be a Christian, and would not stoop "to reconcile the sanctimonious forms of religion with the utter destruction of morality." Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence They wanted to put him into the lions’ den because he was too sanctimonious and too religious Yet see how green his memory is to-day! The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons They wanted to put him into the lions’ den because he was too sanctimonious and too religious. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians Beginning with a long sanctimonious rigmarole, Campeggio pressed her to take a “course which would give general satisfaction and greatly benefit herself”; and Wolsey, on his knees, and in English, seconded his colleague’s advice. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History As chance would have it, a rich man fell in love with Theresa, and she, in her quiet, sanctimonious way, loved him, and that was settled. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. "I have brought the papers you wanted," continued the new-comer, a little man over fifty with an incredibly small pointed face over which a sweet smile played, a sanctimonious man in every motion and gesture. Gertrude's Marriage Then will come the Mullah of the village, with his Quran under his arm and his rosary in his hand, and with a very sanctimonious and superior kind of air. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches Well, don't worry about it; as I have already told you, for your troubles you have to thank that sanctimonious little hypocrite, the Glassmanikin. The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart As usual with him, his great aim was by sanctimonious protestations to make himself appear a pure-souled altruist, and to throw upon others the responsibility for his actions. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History Yes, I do say 'no use', Carrie Turner, so don't be sanctimonious. Loyal to the School And so it happens that these sanctimonious men have become richer and more powerful under the Frankish than under the Roman rule. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres "The sanctimonious hypocrites," Kor snarled, "accusing us of cheating, and then they do the same thing." The Dueling Machine Take off your sanctimonious cravat," he answered, "wrap charity around you like a robe, that you may be pleasing in God's sight. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It At mankind’s feast, I take my place In solemn, sanctimonious state, And have the air of saying grace While I defile the dinner-plate. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) In folk-lore, from its quaint appearance, it is the type of demure cunning, and a sanctimonious rogue ascetic is often compared to it. The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India The voice in the pulpit is little more than a sanctimonious echo of the voices of the street. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching No matter how sanctimonious, religious or correct a person may act when his position or the occasion demands it, if he has a round, "moon" face he is not really straight-laced at heart. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types There is no hocus-pocus in morality; and even the “sanctimonious ceremony” of marriage leaves the man unchanged. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) When policy assumes religion's name, And wears the sanctimonious garb of faith Only to colour fraud, and license murder, War then is tenfold guilt. Percy A Tragedy It is a melancholy truth that your martyr is apt to be a little sanctimonious, and that a penitent is generally a bit of a sneak. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) And to him also came Reverend Darius Borwell, in whose congregation sat sanctimonious malefactors of vast wealth, whose pockets bulged with disease-laden profits from the sales of women’s bodies and souls. Carmen Ariza “France must be purged of all vice!” was Robespierre’s sanctimonious reply to his passionate protest. Orphans of the Storm His face, when at rest, had a sanctimonious expression which was sadly at variance with the avaricious, grasping look which it instantly assumed when animated. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West But you still curl your sanctimonious lip, and shrug your pious shoulders, in intimation of your knowing vastly better than your poor, ignorant forefathers! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 Martha, the old duenna, from whom he might have obtained a knowledge of the truth, had successfully baffled his pursuit, the sanctimonious hag having embarked at Barcelona, for Italy. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Then, when the Synagogue had taken him to its sanctimonious arms, Ianthe—overwhelming thought!—would become his wife. Dreamers of the Ghetto Russell had arrived at quoting Scripture,—he was at his best, austere, eloquent, persuasive, an orator, a gentleman, a great advocate, and as sanctimonious as his kneeling client. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 Not but I’ve every reason not to care What happens to him if it only takes Some of the sanctimonious conceit Out of one of those pious scalawags.” Mountain Interval Gone was the sanctimonious unction of his former behavior; the ruthless savage glared out of the red eyes, the flattened fingers were twisting and curling. Pirates of the Gorm Dancing he approved of; he did not believe in prefacing his prayer or homily with a sanctimonious whine; and he actually was willing to admit that a few Catholics might get to heaven. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland You are like the rest of your family," I shouted: "ignorant, thoughtless, brutal en venerie, sanctimonious in dotage. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess He's a crook, but he gets away with it on account of that long-tailed coat—the sanctimonious old scoundrel! Old Man Curry Race Track Stories High in the favour of the imbecile king at this time was one Dr. Judd, a sanctimonious apothecary-adventurer, who, with other kindred and influential spirits, were animated by an inveterate dislike to England. Typee Innocent III., who hid under a sanctimonious guise the boundless ambition and quenchless malignity of Lucifer, was the first to blow the trumpet of extermination against the poor Vaudois. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Ministers have, very often, a sanctimonious tone, which by many is deemed a symbol of goodness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Then turn your eyes toward a sister city, and mark that grey-headed, sanctimonious editor, who every week solemnly prates of honesty, sobriety, and their kindred virtues. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life On the other hand, the proud, the lovers of cant, the sanctimonious, the wise-acres,—let them learn to fear God and beware of passing a reckless judgment upon others! Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood You poor, white-faced, sanctimonious creature, only just promoted, and that because every body voted for you, thinking you would be easily managed—just like a bit of putty in any body’s fingers! In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers His sense of humor tempted him to the sanctimonious suit of your out-and-out Parliament man; his love for finery and the high horse lured him to lovelocks and feathers. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel No solemn sanctimonious face I pull, Nor think I 'm pious when I 'm only bilious; Nor study in my sanctum supercilious, To frame a Sabbath Bill or forge a Bull. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Frequently her father threw obstacles in her way, sneering all the while at her "sanctimonious freaks." Macaria It is difficult to take seriously the sanctimonious preening of those who cast each junior downloader of corporate rock as a Ché Guevara, fighting heroically to bring about a new creative landscape in music. The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Now do not draw a mental picture of a sanctimonious person with a Prince Albert coat, a white bow tie and a prominent Adam's apple. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China Our sanctimonious spy-out-the-nakedness-of-the-land must think we are well victualled, he must think we are well mannered.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Your moral suasion, I am afraid, slightly resembles a sort of sanctimonious blackmail, Winifred. Athalie No matter how familiar it may be, it is simply impossible to avoid laughing anew at the smug little Harry, the sanctimonious tutor, or the naughty Tommy, as Mr. Sambourne has realised them. Children's Books and Their Illustrators Pitt, as yet at least, had not grown a bit precise or sanctimonious; he had not talked nonsense, indeed, but then he never had paid her the very poor compliment of doing that. A Red Wallflower He saw that sanctimonious hypocrisy and self-righteous formalism had sheltered themselves behind clouds of incense. Memories of Bethany Never did an assassin whet his dagger with more coolness or with more malice drive it to the heart of his victim, than did this sanctimonious villain weave the net of ruin about his victims. The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad And so Bruin rears his carcase, and his sanctimonious "mug," Takes a menacing expression, "Come," he cries, "into my hug, And be happy, naughty Bulgar boy; what can you have to fear?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 24, 1887 As for Larsen, he kept repeating in sanctimonious tones that he had never been more astonished in his life, though to tell the truth he had never thought much of this breed of pointers. Frank of Freedom Hill “There’s a prim, fixed, sanctimonious look about it that I wouldn’t trust with anything I cared to see safe.” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot He knew that if viewed alone, without the disparaging meanings pretentious and sanctimonious art critics gave to it, the word, "distinguished," was more good than bad. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais Charles Stevens, however, had a better heart, and was a truer Christian than many of those sanctimonious critics, who sought to restrain the joy and gladness with which God filled his soul. The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad “Does the sanctimonious clerk still live here?” asked Daniel, looking up at the crooked old stairway, while a flood of memories came rushing over him. The Goose Man The corners of her mouth were drawn down, her eyelids drooped, while her eyes were cast upward in a sort of sanctimonious squint. A harum-scarum schoolgirl An air of sanctimonious benevolence will be noticed on the face of the recumbent doctor—probably a faithful portrait—not unlike the expression given to the quack doctor in one of Hogarth's famous pictures. Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See "And there isn't always a Laura near to point out the superiority of the girl in plain white," returned Alene with a sanctimonious air at which they both laughed. Peggy-Alone As we write we are thinking of one of these hinderers—smooth of tongue, and sanctimonious in phraseology, who is helping the enemy of God by hindering his servants. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet Serviss recoiled before this sanctimonious speech, and the light went out of his face. The Tyranny of the Dark "I should think you would be ashamed to spend so much on just your looks, when you think of that poor, exploded boy," said Marjorie in a sanctimonious tone. In Blue Creek Cañon "Little girls should be heard and not seen," quoted Cherry with her most sanctimonious air, noting the gathering frown on the older sister's face, and not quite understanding what had gone amiss. The Lilac Lady And these same women will wrap themselves in a sanctimonious mantle of economy when the woman next door pays the same sum for a dozen great juicy oranges. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture He had taken the full tinge of his sanctimonious upbringing; he was pharisaical, cruel at times, incurably twisted by his father's creed that wrong becomes right when committed by a pious person from pious motives. Shining Ferry However, Nehemiah Yerby could hardly be esteemed unsuspicious in any point of view, so full of vigilant craft was his intention in every anticipation, so slyly sanctimonious was his long countenance. The Moonshiners At Hoho-Hebee Falls 1895 Spotless and neat and eminently sanctimonious, the chaplain took his demure way towards Mrs Pansey's residence, as he judged very rightly that she would be the most likely person to afford him possible information. The Bishop's Secret Mrs. Richards, with sanctimonious rolling of her eyes, admitted that she had recognized long before an inherent coarseness in the character of Persis Dale. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale With his black shining hair brushed down in unusual lankiness over his receding forehead, and with an expression of sleek resignation unusually sanctimonious, Hazlet sat down, and gave a half groan. Julian Home Thou concludest like the sanctimonious pirate, that went to sea with the Ten Commandments, but scraped one out of the table. Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] The Massachusetts magistrates were reminded of their duties in this direction by sanctimonious spurring from gentlemen and ministers in England. Home Life in Colonial Days I don't know why you should have taken it into your head all of a sudden to be so sanctimonious. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story He mimicked Mrs. Richards' sanctimonious tones with a skill which won even from the abstracted Persis the tribute of a smile. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale As I came up with him he said, with the same sanctimonious grin that usually encircled his mouth playing round it now: "A nice evening for a stroll, Mr. Hatteras." A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta He delights in stripping bare the sham piety of the austere Mohammedan, the gullibility of the pilgrims to the sacred shrines, the sanctimonious humbug of the lantern-jawed devotees of Kum. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan Observing among their neighbours here and there a rank hypocrite, they compare his sanctimonious profession with his indifferent sense of honesty, and congratulate themselves that they are not hypocrites. The Parables of Our Lord Their little cheeks with tears were wet, As back again they went, Balked by a sanctimonious set, Led by a Reverend Gent. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 “He shan’t stick up his sanctimonious nose over us all, now he’s captain, if I can help it.” The Willoughby Captains He was very red in his face and threatening in his demeanour, but when it came to giving his feelings utterance his courage dwindled down into a— “Bah! sanctimonious young prig!” Roger Ingleton, Minor They called him a prig—a sanctimonious young puppy. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life You know it’s a holiday, and if we can only get him with us, well astonish his sanctimonious young soul. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Those sanctimonious fools with their endless drivel about the Church of the Spirit of Mankind Incarnate. The Status Civilization Where there was so much sanctimonious talk about religion, and such an utter absence of it in those that prated the most of its possession. Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem A great many negroes from the neighboring plantations came to see us, among them an elderly colored man, whose sanctimonious bearing indicated that he was a minister of the Gospel. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer The man was indeed "A rogue in grain, Veneered with sanctimonious theory." Marion's Faith. Rooks, those sanctimonious humbugs, circled overhead, cawing thieves' warnings, that had the twang of sermons, to other rooks, out of sight in neighbouring seed-fields. The Lady Paramount |
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