angel-like
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Her tattoo skills have blossomed — she can draw life-like portraits on calves using a technique called stippling; a single tattoo of angel-like wings on a back can be made of millions of dots.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2019
There was something angel-like in his expression—the look of the frescoed angels of Melozzo da Forli in the Sacristy of St. Peter's.
From Whosoever Shall Offend by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
In the succeeding period, when the platonic philosophy was oddly mixed up with the institutions of chivalry, we were exalted into divinities;—"angels called, and angel-like adored."
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
Oh, it would be dreadful if she wasn’t so lovely, and so angel-like, when she talks about these horrid things!”
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
At the very time I was seeking to quarrel with Anna, she angel-like was incessant in my praise!—And such praises, Fairfax—!
From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas
