How to Use the moral high ground in a Sentence

the moral high ground

noun
  • Suddenly, the neighbor with the knee-high grass had the moral high ground, and tidy lawns were cast as the bad guys.
    — Ryan Brennan may 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
  • The reunion picks up with Ashley and Wendy bickering over who has the moral high ground.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Democrats have opposed the president’s efforts but long ago sacrificed the moral high ground.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The rules become optional, enforcement becomes embarrassing, and the moral high ground becomes a punchline.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Allies in Latin America thus helped Kennedy keep the moral high ground and portray the Soviets as unwelcome aggressors.
    — Time, 28 Oct. 2025
  • There was a time in this country when the Democratic Party held the moral high ground in American politics, but those days are long gone, and one need look no farther than oyster farmer Graham Platner for proof.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2026
  • We’re left with Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) all alone in her modern-day brothel — a dollhouse filled with shiny things and zero substance — and Lexi (Maude Apatow) once again taking the moral high ground without fully grasping why.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
  • Clearly, this is an inconvenient circumstance for Netanyahu, and his government has gone to some lengths to try to recapture the moral high ground — and the recent release of Hamas videos showing emaciated hostages in Gaza would seem to be doing some of the heavy lifting for him.
    — Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Analysts have said Beijing’s plan to categorize the shoal as a nature reserve amounts to trying to take the moral high ground in the dispute over the atoll, known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Charlie Kirk’s assassination last month has sparked an increasingly partisan debate about acceptable rhetoric as political parties maneuver for the moral high ground on the nature of political discourse in the United States.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025

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