ministering angel
Example Sentences
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One Mrs. Austen now played ministering angel to Ben's despair, ar ranged for the anonymous publication of an other society novel, better than his abortive first.
From Time Magazine Archive
The secret of her appeal and depth is that she is a ministering angel who also ministers to herself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Brute force had only produced a patient obedience; and it was not till a damaged crop had brought them to the edge of ruin that she consented to become his ministering angel.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various
Strange fellow!—why was he so antagonistic to people when his profession made him a ministering angel to humanity?
From Banked Fires by Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred)
Thank God I'm a bachelor, and no ministering angel ever smoothes my pillow when I particularly want to be left alone.
From Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
