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
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 A. C. Thompson
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 W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Her chief function, in his opinion, was that of consoler and ministering angel.
From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain
