ministering angel
Example Sentences
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The secret of her appeal and depth is that she is a ministering angel who also ministers to herself.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Her chief function, in his opinion, was that of consoler and ministering angel.
From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred
His ministering angel hastened to reassure him, exaggerating sturdily in a good cause.
From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon
There are certain of woman's rights which she strenuously yet modestly vindicated,—her right to quiet benevolent activity, her right to be a ministering angel.
From Memorial of Mrs. Lucy Gilpatrick Marsh delivered June 22, 1868. by Thompson, A. C.
