probity

How To Use probity In A Sentence

• The gentleman next in esteem and authority among us is another bachelor, who is a member of the Inner Temple, a man of great probity, wit, and understanding; but he has chosen his place of residence rather to obey the direction of an old humorsome father than in pursuit of his own inclinations. The Spectator Club
• The fact that she is pressurised and hectically busy is no excuse, and the usual tribal claims that she is brilliant at her job should not be weighed in the balance where her wisdom - if not probity - is in question.
• The public would also welcome an effective system of oversight of ethics, probity and competence. Times, Sunday Times
• A growing public morality and probity based on notions of charity and human regard should not be traduced by slurs such as ‘political correctness’, with implicit support for an official ‘incorrectness’.
• The ruling party has distorted the history of the liberation struggle in this country beyond fiction, bigotry and improbity.
• Her personal probity is unblemished. Times, Sunday Times
• It encourages probity and it exposes wrongdoing. Times, Sunday Times
• in a world where financial probity may not be widespread
• Probity and purity will command respect everywhere.
• His lofty status and probity allow him to ensure I'm used in certain soccer matches.