ministering angel
Example Sentences
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One Mrs. Austen now played ministering angel to Ben's despair, ar ranged for the anonymous publication of an other society novel, better than his abortive first.
From Time Magazine Archive
The secret of her appeal and depth is that she is a ministering angel who also ministers to herself.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was certain that it was a good omen, but it was a long time before she could get any definite materialization from the blessed ministering angel from the other side of the river.
From The Spiritualists and the Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan
As I was passing through the hospital just now," says the general, feelingly, "I saw a tender, delicate woman acting the part of a ministering angel to a hero in a hard ague.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)
Woman, or 182 rather ministering angel, she seemed, and it was strange that all present took her beautiful service, as things of spiritual beauty are usually taken, without much notice.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
