angels

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday, she wrote that Cody had died peacefully surrounded by family and “was welcomed into heaven as thunder bellowed outside, and we laughed because we knew it was a band of angels rejoicing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 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

Again, and again and again, our constitutional structure is a testament to the idea that if men were angels, we wouldn’t need government.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

There was no twisting away from the repercussions that the angels brought, justice rising like a sun over the hill in a loud morning.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi