Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. From LearnThat.org. [Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826), 3rd U.S. president, author of the Declaration of Independence.]
A sickening sanctimonious smile. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This phenomenon is called sanctimonious hypocrisy. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Then you must not know what "sanctimonious" means. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary And Obama Camps Duke It Out Over Her Alleged "Screw 'Em" Comment] Reference
One person's "sanctimonious" is another person's desperation. From Wordnik.com. [Leah McElrath Renna: Obama's Press Conference: Passion Misplaced] Reference
That kind of sanctimonious defense of unlawful activity is not acceptable. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 2, 2006] Reference
It encourages a kind of sanctimonious egoism, a sense of moral superiority. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments] Reference
Instead we get treated to the kind of sanctimonious lectures we got last night. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
I would have thought than "sanctimonious" has more the right flavor than "pious.". From Wordnik.com. [01/19/2003 - 01/26/2003] Reference
Liberal opponents are "sanctimonious," preferring their own purity to the interests of the poor. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's problems: personality and policy] Reference
Some of my colleagues claim to have detected the word "sanctimonious" in there somewhere as well. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Burns gets too hot to handle] Reference
He dismissed his Democratic critics as "sanctimonious" and obsessed with staking out a "purist position.". From Wordnik.com. [Obama calls on liberal critics to learn to compromise] Reference
Why does he reject opinions held by the great majority, including most Republicans, with disdainful terms like "sanctimonious"?. From Wordnik.com. [Richard (RJ) Eskow: The New Silent Majority] Reference
Mr. Reid called that "sanctimonious" and added: "Where were their concerns about Christmas as we had filibuster after filibuster?". From Wordnik.com. [Arms Treaty Clears a Hurdle in Senate] Reference
Suddenly, his core supporters are 'sanctimonious'!. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
I think "sanctimonious" is what you're looking for. From Wordnik.com. [Ask MetaFilter] Reference
Party, saying his critics were taking a "sanctimonious" position. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
At least we were spared this kind of sanctimonious healthist garbage then. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
Yet the book (or more accurately, its author) is branded as "sanctimonious" and. From Wordnik.com. [Phawker] Reference
Reid calls Republicans 'sanctimonious' for concerns 'over working through holidays. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
As for that "sanctimonious" base, exit polls from the midterms showed a majority of. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Mr Obama, in a rare display of spleen, dismissed recalcitrant Democrats as "sanctimonious". From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
Obama urged Democrats to avoid "sanctimonious" posturing and to set realistic expectations. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
This kind of sanctimonious, judgmental, Dr Laura-esque comment really rubs me the wrong way. From Wordnik.com. [Blazersedge: FanPosts] Reference
I see someone is calling RichM "sanctimonious" and referring to his "sanctimonious platitudes.". From Wordnik.com. [CommonDreams.org Headlines] Reference
Party, saying his critics were taking a "sanctimonious" position that would not have helped solve problems. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
He warned liberals of being "sanctimonious" and engaging in a no-win political fight simply to stir up their bodily humors. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
But there was manifest in the record a kind of sanctimonious triumph in the extinction of all the great man's insight and wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [The Child of the Dawn] Reference
I realize that this kind of sanctimonious callousness is something that thrives in the anonymity of the internet, but it made me so sad. From Wordnik.com. [charlie and nina] Reference
I formally apologize to Zou, you, and the other guy I called "sanctimonious". (no guarantees if Zou gets up on his high horse again though). From Wordnik.com. [SB Nation Featured Posts] Reference
"sanctimonious" and "purists," as Obama did in earlier defenses of his tax deal. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
"sanctimonious" who long for the "satisfaction of having a purist position and no victories for the American people"?. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
Those who talk too much are apt to sound sanctimonious. From Wordnik.com. [Does God Belong On The Stump?] Reference
But his self-centered, sometimes sanctimonious writing grows tiresome. From Wordnik.com. [SNAP JUDGEMENT: BOOKS] Reference
On the trail and in the studio, Huckabee seemed loose and funny, not sanctimonious. From Wordnik.com. [The Pilot vs. The Preacher] Reference
Another refreshing change is that today's rock bands are less sanctimonious, and much savvier, about money matters. From Wordnik.com. [Rock's Big Bounce] Reference
As any counselor knows, it is ridic - ulous as well as cruel for sanctimonious outsiders to apportion blame for such mutual misery. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Prince] Reference
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