Modesty and understatement have never been among his prime virtues.

I have learned one of the prime virtues of a steel sailing-ship.

And one feared at first that the prime virtue of the performances might be their earnestness.

He enjoyed people and loyalty was the prime virtue.

Now, the Interpreter's House had this prime virtue in it, that it was all interesting.

But the prime virtue of weather is immediacy, and the wind tore away the spicy Christmas scent.

Friendship is still the prime virtue here.

He has based his game on the prime virtues of line and length, backed by great stamina.

In youth-orchestra programming, hard experience has taught, discretion is the prime virtue.

This is not faint praise but a description of the work's prime virtues.