saintly

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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 old Horton who saved Who-ville’s whole world,

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2015

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2014

"I felt Jim had persuaded us all, audiences, fans, television professionals, even the Pope, to create a myth around Saintly Jim so that he became untouchable," Rantzen wrote in the Daily Mail on Monday.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2012

Mrs Saintly, an hypocritical fanatic, landlady of the boarding-house.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir