fleshliness

Example Sentences

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He was austere towards priests like Padre Martinez, the bison-shouldered Mexican at Taos, brazen in fleshliness.

From Time Magazine Archive

When it has rendered to God His due of honour, it gives its own due to itself—that is, hatred of sin and of its own fleshliness.

From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

It was when Stella Schump opened wide her eyes that she transcended the milky fleshliness and the fact that, when she walked rapidly, her cheeks quivered in slight but gelatinous fashion.

From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Hurst, Fannie

The first rule it gives to the soul is that we have mentioned—to render honour to God, goodwill to one's neighbour, and to oneself, hatred of sin and of one's own fleshliness.

From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

In that round fleshliness his eyes were sunken like two black buttons, malicious through their very want of expression.

From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Sabatini, Rafael