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
But despite mom’s self-serving machinations and to her infinite surprise, Mary, saintly and wise, starts to prove herself irresistible to men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 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
This disciplined capital allocation — returning all free cash flow to shareholders via dividends and buybacks — makes it practically saintly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
I wanted to hone myself on it till I grew saintly and thin and essential as the blade of a knife.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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
Rather, the better and saintlier that they are, the keener do they feel their fallings off from it.
From Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 by Beibitz, J. H. (Joseph Hugh)
He doesn't mind making people unhappy, because the more they're repressed, the saintlier they'll be.
From Saint's Progress by Galsworthy, John
And he was probably saintlier than they were, because he was their child.
From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
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
My dear, dear Bishop, you are the best-hearted, the saintliest man on earth.
From In the Bishop's Carriage by Michelson, Miriam
Geordie responded with much modesty and misgiving, for he was the saintliest man amongst us; and his own estimate of himself was in direct antagonism to our own.
From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.
"My dear young lady, the saintliest thing we can let you do is to dance at that merrymaking."
From The Cavalier by Cable, George Washington
