saintly
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No saintly voice told me what to do next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
This disciplined capital allocation — returning all free cash flow to shareholders via dividends and buybacks — makes it practically saintly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
That person was their saintly older sister Leah.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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
And he was probably saintlier than they were, because he was their child.
From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
Rather, the better and saintlier that they are, the keener do they feel their fallings off from it.
From Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 by J. H. (Joseph Hugh) Beibitz
The modern woman of the advanced type refuses to be longer regarded as a gentler and saintlier type of humanity, who must be petted, reverenced, and protected.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various
Yea, verily am I! a follower of the saintly Ludovick Muggleton, and of the saintlier John Reeve, of whom Ludovick is but the mouthpiece, even as Aaron was of Moses.
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston
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
Perhaps the saintliest among the Greeks declined to go to Macedonia.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Henry Baerlein
We live poorly enough at the best, even the saintliest of us, and many of us certainly make sad work of our life.
From Making the Most of Life by J. R. (James Russell) Miller
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
