godly

Example Sentences

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Melissa Gordon struggled to reconcile the godly woman she thought she knew with the details now emerging.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Allen was “a godly person” who never cursed or shared his political views at the time, a former teammate told The Times, but he was also “very competitive.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

"He was the most godly, humane, kind, gracious human being I think I've ever met," Alex Ryvchin of the Executive Council of Australia Jewry, told reporters at Bondi on Monday morning.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

Both women are single, but present themselves much like "before" images of the tradwife: a glamorous young woman who will someday be snatched up by a godly provider and find fulfillment as a compliant housewife.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

All campers who didn’t know their godly parentage were shoved into the Hermes cabin, and since the gods were kind of forgetful, that cabin was always overcrowded.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan