godly

Example Sentences

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His vanishing cultural presence also exposed another inconvenient fact—that he was hardly as godly as the memes made him out to be.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

“Santa is looked at more like a godly figure, while the Grinch is a more everyday man,” the actor explained.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

"He was the most godly, humane, kind, gracious human being I think I've ever met," Alex Ryvchin of the Executive Council of Australia Jewry, told reporters at Bondi on Monday morning.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

Both women are single, but present themselves much like "before" images of the tradwife: a glamorous young woman who will someday be snatched up by a godly provider and find fulfillment as a compliant housewife.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

“Good Ophelia,” she said, “the king is a godly and proper man.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein