cherub

While artists kept making him out to be Christ-like, they had more fun with the Mexican Marian apparition, beyond the traditional image of Her in prayer held up by a cherub.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

"We have also now found the original sleeping cherub and a couple of other items stolen from James's resting place."

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

“I needed her to be a falling cherub, because that’s what I saw,” he said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

A cherub statue the Welnicks placed outside as a memorial to a child they lost to miscarriage looked down at the rubble.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022

He looked like a cherub who’d turned middle-aged in a trailer park.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

Song floats through “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” like hovering cherubim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

There is no end of hand-wringing over careerists who forgo the delights of cherubim in favor of corporate paychecks, but careful interrogations of parenthood are few and far between.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023

In one passage, a prophet called Ezekiel describes a "vision of God being transported on cherubim", with four wings and "feet shaped like the sole of a calf's foot".

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2021

She’s attended by a half-dozen crimson seraphim and three royal blue cherubim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2018

Tea Cake with his shy grin and Motor Boat with his face like a little black cherubim just from a church tower doing amazing things with anybody’s dice.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

I was fascinated entering the Catholic churches and finding Black figures as Jesus and the disciples, but often alongside white cherubs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

“Elements such as the staircase cherubs, vibrant patterned wallpaper, curved French patio doors, and the deeply personal, expressive touches throughout make the home both memorable and visually striking.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Apparently it’s this ballroom at Mar-a-Lago, with its $7 million of gold leaf, that Trump wants now to re-create in the East Wing; the gold cherubs have already been brought up from Florida.

From Slate ● May 30, 2025

It is made of wood and plated with gold leaf, from the cherubs on the roof to the Greek sea gods over each wheel.

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023

And the carvings...Gregor had seen cherubs and gargoyles on buildings before, but the walls of Regalia crawled with life.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins