| This has been tried out successfully in many industrial enterprises, with happy surprise for the holier-than-thou skeptics. |
| Slightly sheepish in responding to questions over being a regular church-goer, Tom is keen to avoid being presented as a holier-than-thou type. |
| There was no assumption of godliness nor conceit, no holier-than-thou smirk about the child. |
| And I again insist that to re-establish a strong conception of duty, it is not enough to preach from a holier-than-thou position. |
| Penn has proved to be the most talented of the bunch, although one can tire of his holier-than-thou attitude to script selection. |
| This self-righteousness, this bilious holier-than-thou attitude not only amazes me, it saddens me quite a bit too. |
