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
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)
I tell thee, churlish priest, A ministering angel shall this woman be, When thou liest howling!
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
A ministering angel she will then be, while I lie howling!
From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Fullerton, Georgiana
