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 Thompson, A. C.
Rita was regarded as a ministering angel when she went abroad, scattering good things around in the depth of winter, and all the poor blessed her name.
From Fast as the Wind A Novel by Gould, Nat
Strange fellow!—why was he so antagonistic to people when his profession made him a ministering angel to humanity?
From Banked Fires by Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred)
