Fairness

//ˈfɛə.nəs//

"Fairness" in a Sentence (12 examples)

In all fairness, he did do his best.

The verdict is a tribute to their fairness.

The World Cup, like many other things in life, has a habit of ignoring the laws of fairness.

Any good theory of justice must consider the question of fairness.

The President reiterated his call for Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act and give women more tools to fight pay discrimination.

And in my own life, in this country, and as President, I have learned that our identities do not have to be defined by putting someone else down, but can be enhanced by lifting somebody else up. They don’t have to be defined in opposition to others, but rather by a belief in liberty and equality and justice and fairness.

For the first time he now admired the fairness of her hair, the softness of her eyes, and the freshness of her complexion, which was whiter even than the cream-cheese made with the milk of her ewes.

In all fairness, you did break into the house.

In fairness to Tom, he never claimed he could eat that much spaghetti in one sitting.

Where fairness was concerned, Tom was always first to trumpet his unimpeachable handling of all matters in his managerial life.

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Some questioned the fairness of the new laws.

The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse.

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