godly

Example Sentences

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Melissa Gordon struggled to reconcile the godly woman she thought she knew with the details now emerging.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Allen was “a godly person” who never cursed or shared his political views at the time, a former teammate told The Times, but he was also “very competitive.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

"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

Not that many of them will engage with the actual allegations against Brand, lest their view of him as a godly man get disturbed, but frankly, the details are shocking even in the #MeToo era.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

“Or a tapeworm. Yeah, I’m sure. That’d save you from getting your godly hide whipped, wouldn’t it?”

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan