among the angels
Example Sentences
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“Paradise Lost” depicts a war among the angels, Satan being cast into hell and the temptation of Adam and Eve.
From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2014
"Talent she may not have, Beauty, nor wit, nor grace, But until she's among the angels She cannot be commonplace."
From Three Addresses to Girls at School by Wilson, J. M. (James Maurice)
"They said he was only a poor owld innocent, but all is aqualized, an' thim that's despised sometimes have betther comp'ny among the angels than that of mortials."
From Irish Wonders by McAnally, D. R. (David Russell)
I say "irritations of propinquity," for, excepting among the angels, the status of propinquity cannot be permanently maintained without at least semi-occasional irritation.
From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen
Could you choose your seat in the eternal mansions, it would be among the angels that rejoice over one sinner that repenteth.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
