saintlier

Example Sentences

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They care about telling themselves that their profession is saintlier than it is, and they’re superior to the reformed liar who wants to work with them.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2014

The modern woman of the advanced type refuses to be longer regarded as a gentler and saintlier type of humanity, who must be petted, reverenced, and protected.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various

Yea, verily am I! a follower of the saintly Ludovick Muggleton, and of the saintlier John Reeve, of whom Ludovick is but the mouthpiece, even as Aaron was of Moses.

From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Johnston, Mary

Rather, the better and saintlier that they are, the keener do they feel their fallings off from it. 

From Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 by Beibitz, J. H. (Joseph Hugh)

He doesn't mind making people unhappy, because the more they're repressed, the saintlier they'll be.

From Saint's Progress by Galsworthy, John