among the angels
Example Sentences
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“Paradise Lost” depicts a war among the angels, Satan being cast into hell and the temptation of Adam and Eve.
From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2014
“There is joy among the angels of heaven over one sinner that repenteth.”
From Post Haste by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
There was no being in heaven among the angels, no human being on the earth, and no disembodied spirit, or demon, under the earth, who was able to unfold the future.
From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester
Could you choose your seat in the eternal mansions, it would be among the angels that rejoice over one sinner that repenteth.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
"The child may well have the voice of an angel," scolded old Ursula; "he is like to be among the angels soon enough."
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 by Dodge, Mary Mapes
