saintlier

Example Sentences

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They care about telling themselves that their profession is saintlier than it is, and they’re superior to the reformed liar who wants to work with them.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2014

You will read for yourself, by and by, many others: stories of older Saints, and perhaps of brighter Saints, or it may be even of saintlier Saints than these.

From A Book of Quaker Saints by Hodgkin, L. V. (Lucy Violet)

Is my soul a saintlier thing than it was a year ago?

From The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation by Hughson, Shirley C.

The modern woman of the advanced type refuses to be longer regarded as a gentler and saintlier type of humanity, who must be petted, reverenced, and protected.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various

Nothing could be whiter; nothing could be purer; nothing could be saintlier of aspect.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark