saintly
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If Mariam is the film’s heartbreaking figure, Abbass brings complexity to the character, never letting her be a saintly victim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
With saintly calm, the too-good-for-him Dr. Barrett packs her things and returns to her peaceful castle.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
The Independent notes that he was seen as a "saintly" and "ecclesiastical" figure on Fleet Street.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
“The way her hijab haloed Nour’s head” gives her a saintly presence, “or so Jimmy thought.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Is she now, by some saintly, heavenly miracle, in favor of this run?
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
They care about telling themselves that their profession is saintlier than it is, and they’re superior to the reformed liar who wants to work with them.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2014
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, but often saintlier than fiction.
From The New Jerusalem by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
A saintlier pastor than the Reverend Mr. Goodman, D.D., few congregations possessed; but only those members of his audience who were of like age with himself thought him a good preacher.
From Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia by Joseph Finnemore
Nothing could be whiter; nothing could be purer; nothing could be saintlier of aspect.
From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain
And he was probably saintlier than they were, because he was their child.
From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
Yet, before turning the relic over to the police, Brand said he was on his saintliest behavior.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
Moreover, in all but the saintliest circles, forgiveness may be a luxury that depends upon a certain surrounding stability.
From Time Magazine Archive
"My dear young lady, the saintliest thing we can let you do is to dance at that merrymaking."
From The Cavalier by George Washington Cable
In the wide woodlands that extend Around us, lord most reverend, As frequent voice of rumour tells, Agastya, saintliest hermit, dwells.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
The Stoic phase was a useful stage on the road of convalescence, and the majestic words of Epictetus more helpful to a manlier bearing than the confessions of the saintliest souls.
From Apologia Diffidentis by O. M. (Ormonde Maddock) Dalton
