saintly

Example Sentences

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There were also Saintly sighs of relief when Lewis Dunk had a towering header chalked off by VAR.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2019

Saintly Uncle Hugo is an exception, but he’s a bit of a stereotype.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2018

The film screens as part of the museum’s "Sinful Saints & Saintly Sinners" exhibition.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2014

Link to video: Welcome to the coldest football club in Europe Barney Ronay reports on the Saintly silence at Southampton over the departure of Nigel Adkins.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2013

Fine spirit, which the strain of ardent strife Warped not from its firm poise, or made to move From the pure pathways of the Saintly Life!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 23, 1890 by Various