as in devout
showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue
renowned as theologian as well as for his work as medical missionary in Africa, Dr. Albert Schweitzer was widely regarded as one of the most sainted individuals of his time
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Recent Examples of sainted
On the anniversary of his death last August, a few who knew ‘the sainted junior senator from New York’ remember his legacy.
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Nr Staff, National Review, 18 Aug. 2024
The origins of the sainted drink date to the times of the Persians, who claim to have invented it.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2024
This bio-pic (the first of Dumont’s two films about the doomed and sainted warrior) externalizes the wild subjectivity of her religious devotion in the form of a rock opera, based on plays by the Christian mystic poet Charles Péguy (1871–1914).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
The rules, the sainted Laws, decree that once a game has restarted, it cannot be stopped.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
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Nr Staff, National Review, 18 Aug. 2024
The origins of the sainted drink date to the times of the Persians, who claim to have invented it.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2024
This bio-pic (the first of Dumont’s two films about the doomed and sainted warrior) externalizes the wild subjectivity of her religious devotion in the form of a rock opera, based on plays by the Christian mystic poet Charles Péguy (1871–1914).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
The rules, the sainted Laws, decree that once a game has restarted, it cannot be stopped.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sainted
Adjective
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The pontiff is resting, the Vatican's press office said publicly on Wednesday morning, in one of its twice-daily updates that have drawn the close attention of devout Catholics worldwide.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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Fields, on the other hand, seems to be actively encouraging the love between Irving and Burt’s innies to blossom, due to his devout religious beliefs, which frame innies as separate entities with their own souls.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The grieving sisters try to uncover the truth about what happened to Grace, and increasingly suspect Roger’s pious, overbearing sister Angelica (Fiona Shaw) of wrongdoing — but turn out to be (mostly) wrong about her intentions.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Nazanin goes through the same preparations as Salme, who has turned supremely pious in the intervening years, and Zari, who has grown more level-headed, not to say jaded.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Accommodations for religious observances, like Ramadan, have been impacted as well.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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Take time to renew your spiritual or religious beliefs.—
Georgia Nicols,
The Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In the show’s first two seasons, Laura’s murder broke open a placid American town—much as a severed ear, in Lynch’s 1986 film, Blue Velvet, famously undermined middle America’s saintly image of itself.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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With saintly patience, my P.T. informed me that my shin bone was in great shape.—
Amy X. Wang,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by Israeli forces.—
Julia Frankel,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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But after signing his present and future lives away, this holy fool is at the mercy of his benefactors.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Inherent in writing is a reverent mystique, untapped by AI’s predictive interpretation.—
Elizabeth Brown,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Sixteen The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, October 26 Part of Miller Theatre’s early-music series, the English vocal ensemble performs reverent music old and recent by William Byrd and Arvo Pärt.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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The movie’s exotic title is the name of a peculiar and venerable pitch, a high-arcing floater that seems easy to hit but instead may tantalize batters.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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Dolphins venerable veteran Calais Campbell told an NFL reporter that he was also detained while trying to deescalate the situation.—
David J. Neal and,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Sainted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sainted. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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