How to Use moral victory in a Sentence

moral victory

noun
  • There’s no such thing as a moral victory at this level.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Three weeks ago, even this moral victory of a 3-1 lead seemed out of reach.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • What’s the goal limit on a moral victory?
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The moral victory went to nobody.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • What a bittersweet moral victory.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • McDaniel is showcasing some true leadership here by not trying to state that what the team did amounted to a moral victory.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • South Korea lost to Mexico, but their jerseys counted as a moral victory.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 19 June 2026
  • No moral victory for the opponent, as there was last week when the Rams beat the Seattle Seahawks by just two.
    — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 24 Nov. 2025
  • This is a diplomatic success and a national and moral victory for the State of Israel.
    — Caitlin McFall , Yonat Friling, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The English would argue that the very notion of a moral victory was a journalist’s concoction.
    — Darren Richman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Though Draymond Green refused to call it a moral victory, the Warriors showed plenty of spirit.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Even that was a moral victory for Klein, whom many expected to be pinned by the veteran from the Imperial Valley.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • There is absolutely no reason to burn tread off the greatest shooter alive just to secure a meaningless moral victory on a Tuesday night in late-March in the service of some quixotic goal to lose later in the playoffs.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Yet, even though forced to cede territory, Finland’s impressive resistance to outright conquest nonetheless turned the Winter War into a moral victory of almost mythic proportions.
    — Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Harry Brook was asked by reporters before the final Test during that summer of 2023 whether, given rain was undeniably the only thing that prevented an England victory in Manchester, a 2-2 draw in the series would be akin to a moral victory.
    — Darren Richman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
  • While the tally in the loss column doesn’t count any differently than the 34-6 and 41-7 losses the Cowboys took to this same Eagles team in 2024, there’s a moral victory to be had in having a shot to steal one on the road in Week 1 — even if the effort came up short.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025

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