angel-like
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Her tattoo skills have blossomed — she can draw life-like portraits on calves using a technique called stippling; a single tattoo of angel-like wings on a back can be made of millions of dots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2019
In the succeeding period, when the platonic philosophy was oddly mixed up with the institutions of chivalry, we were exalted into divinities;—"angels called, and angel-like adored."
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
On the other hand, she who was lately An angel call'd, and angel-like ador'd, is shocked to find herself at once stripped of all her celestial attributes.
From Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies by More, Hannah
Oh, it would be dreadful if she wasn’t so lovely, and so angel-like, when she talks about these horrid things!”
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
Not Angles, but angels," said the deacon, with a feeling of poetic sentiment, "for they have angel-like faces.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
