saintly
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Everyone at Celtic is reluctant to compare any mere mortal to Henrik Larsson, a saintly figure of the club's past.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
With saintly calm, the too-good-for-him Dr. Barrett packs her things and returns to her peaceful castle.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
“The way her hijab haloed Nour’s head” gives her a saintly presence, “or so Jimmy thought.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Or as close to saintly as anything involving tar sands can get.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
That person was their saintly older sister Leah.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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 Johnston, Mary
And he was probably saintlier than they were, because he was their child.
From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
Or higher, holier, saintlier when, as now, All nature sacerdotal seems, and thou.
From Poems by Thompson, Francis
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
Yet, before turning the relic over to the police, Brand said he was on his saintliest behavior.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
Moreover, in all but the saintliest circles, forgiveness may be a luxury that depends upon a certain surrounding stability.
From Time Magazine Archive
Best loved and saintliest of our singing train, Earth’s noblest tributes to thy name belong.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
We live poorly enough at the best, even the saintliest of us, and many of us certainly make sad work of our life.
From Making the Most of Life by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)
Like her mother, she lived to a very advanced age and when she departed this life the world lost one of its saintliest characters.
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Gouverneur, Marian
