angels

Example Sentences

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And after spending years appealing to Butcher’s better angels, Hughie ultimately serves as his mentor’s final restraint.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In the message, recorded before the crash, Javed described a dream: two angels had come for him and, before taking him away, bathed him in a fragrance that smelled of roses.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Even angels exist within the context of their environments.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

But in its way, AI also brings out the better angels of Valerie’s nature in the face of such callousness.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Jam thought about how Bitter had said the angels had to do dark things, hard things, to remove monsters from Lucille.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi