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
Speriamo, as we used to say in the golden age, in the heavenly mansion, along with the ministering angel, long, long ago.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
As I was passing through the hospital just now," says the general, feelingly, "I saw a tender, delicate woman acting the part of a ministering angel to a hero in a hard ague.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)
She was as good as she was lovely, and was almost adored by the poor of the parish, to whom she was like a ministering angel.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
