How to Use virtue in a Sentence

virtue

noun

• The boys, by virtue of their mother, belonged to the Hoh Tribe.
  — Nina Shapiro, The Seattle Times, 20 Sep. 2017
• There’s no clock in tennis, which is one of the sport’s great virtues.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 2 July 2018
• The point is that the Rock is a star whose chief virtue is constancy.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2022
• Utahns loved the show, even though the characters were not paragons of virtue.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022
• But there are other virtues for Trump in a midterm loss.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 31 July 2018
• John had many virtues, but patience was not one of them.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2018
• There’s virtue in it, but there’s also oil and soy sauce.
  — David Walters, Bon Appetit, 24 Jan. 2017
• Is Iron Clad off the hook by virtue of that clause in its four and half-page contract?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2021
• Extolling the many, many virtues of the home opener just doesn’t quite feel enough.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2023
• The Orioles were awarded the top pick by virtue of a tiebreaker.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2022
• The line between virtue and vice is a thin one, after all.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2018
• Yet Sebastian, the new amour, is no paragon of virtue or charm.
  — Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2021
• And Schiff preens, makes speeches about virtue and shows no shame.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2019
• There’s no virtue in making your own load heavier, just for the sake of it.
  — Claire Comstock-Gay, The Cut, 2 Apr. 2018
• The mom who posted the photo cloaked herself in virtue.
  — Julie Gunlock, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
• All high school stars are young just by virtue of being in high school.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• The man Ibsen gives us is a physician who equates facts with truth and truth with virtue.
  — Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, 28 Mar. 2018
• The three leads were supposed to be fathers on a quest to save their daughters’ virtue.
  — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 1 Apr. 2018
• On that do-over third down, the Chiefs ended up getting the first down by virtue of a penalty.
  — Andrew Joseph, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2023
• Both pairs of parents may want to instill civic virtues in their child.
  — Jens Olav Dahlgaard, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
• Mercy is a virtue, and as such, is not something to be conjured by as a recipe.
  — John Baldoni, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• But along the way to that end, until the threads are sewn together, patience is a virtue.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
• Living long is not a virtue in and of itself, but living well is.
  — Zachary Karabell, WSJ, 14 May 2021
• A movie of classical virtues is now a classic in its own right.
  — Tre'vell Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2017
• But not all great country songs extol the virtues of a happy life.
  — Readers, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
• The virtues of fish may lie elsewhere or have more to do with displacing meat.
  — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2018
• The Rams, by virtue of their 3-9 record, were fourth in the waiver priority.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• Taking extra weight out of a rifle is virtue—to a point.
  — John B. Snow, Field & Stream, 6 Feb. 2020
• And if there is some virtue signaling going on, is that such a bad thing?
  — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 30 July 2019
• His attributes behind the plate come by virtue of his hands, arm strength and quick release.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2020

Last Updated: 9 May 2024