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
Every few years, Americans across the country are beleaguered with a Herculean task usually reserved for the sainted: They must think about Canada.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025
Francis, now retired in the Sierra foothills, is quite mindful of the Carter narrative — lousy president, sainted ex-president — and reacted to its mention in a tone that mixed weariness with resignation.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024
Even the sainted John McCain and Ronald Reagan failed in their first attempts.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2024
“Ah,” Mary Anne mocked, “the voice of sublime perfection. Was that the godly one? The sainted brother? The perfect son?”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.