saintliness
Example Sentences
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In other words: the saintliness was never in the spread.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
There’s not a lot of saintliness here but plenty of blood and treachery as Hild navigates the warring kingdoms of 7th century Britain at the dawn of Christianity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Her proposals for internationally overseen mass migrations and grand-scale geoengineering require faith in widespread saintliness and wisdom that humankind has yet to show.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
It’s a vision of saintliness that doesn’t account for her 87 years of activism and travel, most of them spent as a full-fledged adult with radical politics.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2021
And if ever my faith in the essential saintliness of humans becomes tattered, I shall think of that evil-looking man.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
