sainted
Example Sentences
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Cheering would have been the sainted Leon Panetta, former congressman, defense secretary and CIA chief.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
Every few years, Americans across the country are beleaguered with a Herculean task usually reserved for the sainted: They must think about Canada.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025
Even the sainted John McCain and Ronald Reagan failed in their first attempts.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2024
The sainted man kindly directed my husband to a urinal and then escorted him outside, handing me his clothing with sympathy and obvious relief.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2021
Water Island is supposed to be a part of the United States Virgin Islands, but we were never sainted like Saint Thomas or Saint John or Saint Croix, and so everyone forgets we exist.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.