angels

Example Sentences

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And after spending years appealing to Butcher’s better angels, Hughie ultimately serves as his mentor’s final restraint.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

To portray Goliath’s origin story, actors were filmed on green screens and AI was used to generate a mythical sequence involving dark sky, rain, mountains and angels with wings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

And if governors were angels, we wouldn’t need checks on power.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

After all, Vance had really just wanted to highlight religion, it would have made a little more sense to portray mysterious flying objects as angels, not demons.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Jam and Redemption had given their testimony in private, just to the angels, who had exchanged meaningful looks that no one would explain before letting them go.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi