How to use "sanctimonious" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "sanctimonious" in popular movie and book plots

• She confronts him as "another exploitative male" who makes a sanctimonious speech at the book launch.  - Leave All Fair
• Brother Jerome, Prior Robert's sanctimonious clerk, is eavesdropping outside the door.  - Monk's Hood
• Incensed by Joanne's sanctimonious airs, Mary reveals she's had an affair with Joanne's husband Ted.  - Vanities
• The two befriend classmate Phillip Nugent, the son of Francie's sanctimonious neighbor, mrs Nugent, but end up stealing his comic books.  - The Butcher Boy (novel)

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