saintliness

Example Sentences

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In other words: the saintliness was never in the spread.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

He was so taken with her charisma and saintliness that he says he remembered exclaiming: “I want to be like this. Wow!”

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Her proposals for internationally overseen mass migrations and grand-scale geoengineering require faith in widespread saintliness and wisdom that humankind has yet to show.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

Its villains are fashionable and fun and given humanizing moments, its heroes are flawed—with the exception of Blanca, played by MJ Rodriguez, whose saintliness is at least pointed out and poked fun at.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2021

And if ever my faith in the essential saintliness of humans becomes tattered, I shall think of that evil-looking man.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck