sainted
Example Sentences
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Cheering would have been the sainted Leon Panetta, former congressman, defense secretary and CIA chief.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
In his travels, Tocqueville saw pieces of the famous Plymouth Rock all over: used as doorstops, as paperweights, set in the centers of mantels like the mandibles of sainted martyrs.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024
This she did share with Queen Victoria, who held séances, yearning for a little chat with her beloved ectoplasmic late husband, the sainted Prince Albert.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024
Even the sainted John McCain and Ronald Reagan failed in their first attempts.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2024
Call’s cuss words were taught to him by his sainted grandmother and tended to be as quaint as the clothes she made for him.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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