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

Talarico’s personality is something very different, a smiling appeal to the better angels of the electorate’s nature, and seemingly imperviousness to insults and attacks.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 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

And if governors were angels, we wouldn’t need checks on power.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Nancy thought of Cassidy making snow angels and singing about a puppy.

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene