| 词汇 | example_english_saintly |
| 释义 | Examples of saintlyThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. It is at once a declaration of saintly power, an imaging of the shrine's history and an advertisement of the kinds of services available there. Golding risks reading all but the most saintly individuals out of the community of religious theists. His gallery contains literary portraits of twelve women, four of whom are saintly, four chaste and four lasvicious. In the thirteenth century saintly princesses took on the function of dynastic legitimation. If you do, you are either saintly or pathetic. By telling, writing-and, one might add, experiencing-their visions, the followers actively participate in constructing and upholding the shaykh's saintly status. For in the swiftness of her canonisation and the fragility of her saintly reputation she is without parallel. He was immensely popular and held in almost saintly regard by the majority of the people. And he has that feeling about life, something of course which is saintly. The problem is that saintly actions, which often involve forgoing one's own well-being for the sake of others, may be self-defeating when we have perfect enforcement of moral norms. We may have been saintly and tried as hard as possible to ignore those comments, but we had heard them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is a much more serious thing that a man of his saintly character should do things which deserve imprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Martyrs, even if not very saintly ones, are rarely worth making. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is a man of known moderation, and in a moment of weakness one might say that he is of saintly appearance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is obviously not impossible in the sense that millions of perfectly normal people, few of them saintly, in fact achieve it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know whether it was because the cook had failed to poison this saintly man, or because he had poisoned him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps they do not mind so much about illegal betting; perhaps they are so saintly that they never have any illegal betting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I did not at the time believe that they were two pure saintly types who had done this for the public good. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It applies to the most inhuman of men as to the most saintly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a beautiful book of saintly character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not quite so saintly as religious broadcasting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He comes here in his saintly role and tries to suggest that he is doing the local authorities a great favour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This apparently careful mistiming is repeated daily throughout the country, with a waste of uncounted hours and the exhausting of an untold fund of saintly patience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was too saintly to be that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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