saintlike

Example Sentences

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The original windows, complete with Confederate battle flags, had depicted Lee and Jackson as saintlike figures, with Lee bathed in rays of heavenly light and Jackson welcomed by trumpets into paradise after his death.

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2023

Nick Cave’s fans arrived carrying gifts — flowers, handwritten letters, even a portrait of the artist himself set in stained glass, stoic and saintlike.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2019

Looks like his saintlike patience with the mistaken mentions is finally paying off this season, even if his personal productivity has really taken a hit.

From Time • Nov. 15, 2016

A saintlike patience is necessary, even with a committed and focused performance like that given by the Eclipse Quartet and the pianist Vicki Ray at Roulette on Monday evening.

From New York Times • May 22, 2012

There thou must walk in greatest gravity, And seem as saintlike as St. Radegund.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham