ministering angel
Example Sentences
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The secret of her appeal and depth is that she is a ministering angel who also ministers to herself.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Time is humanity's best friend, and should be pictured as a ministering angel, instead of a skeleton with hour-glass and scythe.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri
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
If only there had been a ministering angel among our party!
From Caught by the Turks by Yeats-Brown, Francis
