How to Use moral in a Sentence

moral

1 of 2 adjective
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  • He felt that he had a moral obligation to help the poor.
  • We're confident she has the moral fiber to make the right decision.
  • The author avoids making moral judgments.
  • Their behavior was not moral.
  • Animals are not moral creatures and are not responsible for their actions.
  • Each story teaches an important moral lesson.
  • To me, that roar had the moral tone of the crowd at a bullfight.
    — Fay Vincent, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Now how does that drive me to a kind of moral right to show this film?
    — Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Let’s set aside, for now, the question of what the moral is.
    — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Even then, Rose is there with a save and the moral of the story.
    — Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The moral of this story: A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
    — Liza Corsillo, GQ, 1 Nov. 2017
  • There should be no moral squishiness about any of this.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The moral of the story is you have been entrusted with much.
    — Peter San Nicolas, Ramona Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The moral, of course, is never fall asleep in the art department.
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The whole moral of Katy Keene is to go after your dreams.
    — Kristin Vartan, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Each of us should be moral, rational, and follow the rules for the good of mankind.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 6 June 2019
  • Confrontation is hard is part of the grand moral of this story.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Paul didn’t want to talk about her or the divorce, newly moral.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Sporting contests force you to see the other side as moral equals.
    — David Papineau, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2021
  • His moral compass will keep him in the right direction.
    — al, 15 Dec. 2021
  • In a world that has lost its moral compass, nature goes awry.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The moral of the story may be to stop gambling, but that doesn’t seem like any fun at all.
    — Jeff Stibel, USA TODAY, 10 June 2019
  • The first is moral—there is inherent good in being able to pick schools.
    — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The moral of the story is pretty simple: there’s no free lunch.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Patton called on the jury to spare Saipov’s life on moral grounds.
    — Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
  • And because there is a moral logic to that, the apartment dwellers do more than live by it.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Though the role is too small, her Mollie is the story’s moral core.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Here is a war with a clear front line with a clear moral imperative.
    — David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • But few speak publicly about it, even those with a moral compass.
    — Simone Betchen, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Jon’s panic and fear led him to lose his moral compass for the first and only time in his life.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 28 July 2022
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moral

2 of 2 noun
  • The moral of the story is to be satisfied with what you have.
  • The moral here is: pay attention to the warning lights in your car.
  • The author points to recent cases of fraud as evidence of the lack of morals in the business world.
  • Socrates was accused of corrupting the morals of the youth of Athens.
  • That goes for the Catholic morals and ethics that shaped me, too.
    — New York Times, 2 July 2019
  • This cast is lovely, and that helps the moral of a show so much.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Mechem says the moral is an important one at this time of year.
    — Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022
  • The moral of the story: Third-and-long isn’t any way to win.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Jan. 2022
  • The rent is high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable.
    — Scott Howard, National Review, 18 July 2023
  • As a moral to the story, this comes as a head-scratcher.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable.
    — Longreads, 8 May 2018
  • All of this to say, a system of morals isn’t enshrined in the game’s code.
    — WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The moral of this one is easy to love—there's no one way to be a great mother.
    — Kara Thompson, Town & Country, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Really, the moral of the tale is: the more steps, the merrier.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The moral of the story is to take everything that happens on the field with a grain of salt.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Washington is not a place to live in…the morals are deplorable.
    — Longreads, 8 May 2018
  • The moral of this story is that there is more than one way to think about pickles.
    — Dorothy Dworkin, Sun Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The moral of the story seems to be that money isn't the most important thing in life.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2015
  • She was turned into a saint so that her life could be turned into a moral.
    — Blair McClendon, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
  • So to pack up and leave was maybe not the right moral as well as strategic decision.
    — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2021
  • And a tip of the cap to the high morals of an angler who made an improbable find twice over.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2018
  • The moral: don’t be dazzled by the prospect of an interest-free loan.
    — Jack Guttentag, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • In the episode, Gavin eschewed morals in favor of stroking his own ego.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The real moral of all this research may be rather modest.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The moral of the game was that bigger is not always better, and people seemed to get it.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The moral of the story is: Put on your seatbelt and enable your airbags.
    — Denis Mandich, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Daniels has taught us much about their character and morals, too.
    — Eugene Robinson, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2018
  • As a man of faith, a man who defends morals and character.
    — Leinz Vales, CNN, 6 Apr. 2018
  • An epidemic is a test not just of our mettle but our morals.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 Mar. 2020
  • The morals of the story are wonderful — have faith in yourself and choose lover over fear.
    — Patti Restivo, baltimoresun.com, 14 June 2019

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