How to Use integrity in a Sentence

integrity

noun
  • He's a man of the highest integrity.
  • She had the integrity to refuse to compromise on matters of principle.
  • The earthquake may have damaged the building's structural integrity.
  • They are trying to preserve the cultural integrity of the community.
  • Without music, the film loses its integrity.
  • I admire her artistic integrity.
  • In a world where everyone seems nasty, many of us still long for people of integrity, who do the right thing even when no one's watching.
    Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Scouts today learn lessons about life and the value of being a person of character and integrity.
    Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Musk's integrity was at stake at the trial as well part of a fortune that has established him as one of the world's richest people.
    Michael Liedtke, ajc, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Musk's integrity was at stake at the trial as well part of a fortune that has established him as one of the world’s richest people.
    Michael Liedtke, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2023
  • This preserves the integrity of our elections, and prevents the votes of those citizens from being diluted.
    The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Election integrity: Where do the Phoenix council candidates stand?
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Cheaper plastic water bottles aren’t usually built with long-term structural integrity or heat resistance in mind.
    Steven Rowe, Verywell Health, 24 Feb. 2023
  • And, instead, the system has exploded and these young people act with compassion, integrity and righteousness.
    Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In 2006, officials flew him to Washington to receive an integrity award for his work in a smuggling bust.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 26 Feb. 2023
  • And when the handful of hosts and correspondents who have integrity at the channel tried to be honest with viewers, the highest levels of Fox News worked against them.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The agency was examining the roof’s integrity Sunday afternoon and developing a plan to secure it, the tweet said.
    Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2023
  • These types of solutions can help protect critical business data and maintain customer trust, both of which are integral to the integrity and longevity of a company.
    Daniel Baiz, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The unit will be comprised of investigators from already-existing units who will add the election-integrity cases to their workload, Waybourn said.
    Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The growth of sports betting is a threat to the integrity of all sports.
    Fay Vincent, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
  • And there are ways to improve integrity across the board.
    TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The circumstances of the slight to his integrity were not clear.
    Jay Weaver, miamiherald, 6 July 2018
  • One tip for knowing the structural integrity of the ice is to make a hole next to the car.
    Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 28 Dec. 2019
  • To stay ahead of the curve, our music has to have the highest integrity.
    Mike Wass, Variety, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The plot as the soul of the work, the component that gives it its integrity and wholeness.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Mark is not just a great record man but a guy of high integrity.
    Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2018
  • If a silk-out is desired, be sure to maintain the integrity of the curl.
    Essence, 10 Feb. 2022
  • This toaster allows you to keep the integrity of the long slice.
    Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2020
  • That part of the structure does not affect the integrity of the overall bridge.
    Stephanie Toone, ajc, 16 June 2020
  • But Wang stuck with the integrity of her story and that bet paid off.
    Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024

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