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
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
