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
When pain and anguish wring the brow A ministering angel thou.
From With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by Sellers, William Edward
Thank God I'm a bachelor, and no ministering angel ever smoothes my pillow when I particularly want to be left alone.
From Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
In our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made— When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various
