saintlier; saintliest
saintliness
noun
Examples of saintly in a Sentence
a saintly man who devoted his life to caring for the dying
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With saintly patience, my P.T. informed me that my shin bone was in great shape.
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Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Her devoted readers seemed to blithely accept that her stories, with their grisly leitmotifs, were the product of a saintly lady who was making it all up, out of empathy.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
In this Danish Oscar-winner, Babette, a chef, flees violence in France and comes to work for two saintly sisters leading a flock of believers in 19th century Denmark.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
The priest at the church, which had been sanctified by the recent arrival of some saintly relics from Rome, tried talking to the demon living in the girl’s body.
—Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Her devoted readers seemed to blithely accept that her stories, with their grisly leitmotifs, were the product of a saintly lady who was making it all up, out of empathy.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
In this Danish Oscar-winner, Babette, a chef, flees violence in France and comes to work for two saintly sisters leading a flock of believers in 19th century Denmark.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
The priest at the church, which had been sanctified by the recent arrival of some saintly relics from Rome, tried talking to the demon living in the girl’s body.
—Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Saintly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saintly. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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