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
Yea, verily am I! a follower of the saintly Ludovick Muggleton, and of the saintlier John Reeve, of whom Ludovick is but the mouthpiece, even as Aaron was of Moses.
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston
Nothing could be whiter; nothing could be purer; nothing could be saintlier of aspect.
From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain
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 Shirley C. Hughson
Or higher, holier, saintlier when, as now, All nature sacerdotal seems, and thou.
From Poems by Francis Thompson