Sentences with phrase «like saintly»

Hazel's matter - of - fact - ness doesn't go untempered by fear or sadness, but she and her cohorts are nothing like the saintly, heroic, very quiet sick people who populate so many books and movies.

And the new Pope Francis began talking up the environment, just like his saintly namesake.

Not exact matches

For instance, when these characteristics are perceived as exhibited in an individual enduringly and in a sense in which these are understood to affect the world around in a favorable fashion — either in an objective sense of effecting something concrete outside such a person [like effecting healing, foretelling, acting as medium in a non-rational manner or simply doing good or saying good to help the people selflessly], exhibiting personal traits, conditions and states which are known to be «abnormal» [like going into trances, hearing voices, seeing visions, or just the simple unconventional behavior, which proceed from such an individual's horizon to affect, influence, impact others» horizons]-- or is subjectively perceived to be extra-ordinary — such an individual is said to be godly, god - bearing, pious or saintly.

wev witnessed his attitude first hand and the guy is a selfish mercenary when it comes to previous clubs, id be picking a different fella to paint the saintly picture of if i were you i never wanted a replay, it does nt make sense but i would hav liked henry and fifa to come out and issue an apology to our players and fans, anyway its done know and half your comments are made just to get a rise so i wont oblige you again....

In a story overseen by an editor named Whittaker Chambers, the magazine noted with its typical prose from the period: «[T] here will be dimly discernible, to those who are interested in cause & effect in history, the features of a shy, almost saintly, childlike little man with the soft brown eyes, the drooping facial lines of a world - weary hound, and hair like an aurora borealis... Albert Einstein did not work directly on the atom bomb.

And like in Star Wars, there will be a group of brave, wise and saintly leaders that will emerge out of this visionary movement; who will teach, model and fight for truth and justice in the coming age.

What happens when you're an exhausted, stressed - out mother of three, who feels like you've reached the end of your rope as far as coping mechanisms go, and a saintly young woman floats into your life to help you save yourself?

Making any film about survivors of genocide is to walk into a minefield of clichés, most of which serve to create a heroic (if not saintly) protagonist with whom we can identify, thereby offering the false reassurance that, in the moral catastrophe of atrocity, we are nothing like perpetrators.

But of course, it can: The Eyes of My Mother already feels, unwittingly, like a timely expression of backwardness straight from the heartland, tinged with revenge, sex and saintly suffering.

Headlined «How the New Museum Committed Suicide with Banality,» the dense, scabrous cartoon phantasmagoria features floating heads of the various players, from a leering Joannou and a grinning Koons, to dealer Gavin Brown (pictured saying «OK, I admit that the New Museum does look a little bit like my bitch, but it is all based on merit»), as well as bloggers like James Wagner and Green, and a saintly caricature of New Museum founder Marcia Tucker.

In the case of the whistleblower Assange, his abundant character flaws could very well prove to be his own and his organization's undoing (regular folks like their political revolutionaries Nelson Mandela — saintly or not at all).

And for too long we have done all of these things in the shadows, like the ugly stepsister to our prized sibling — the saintly doctor.

The Saintly City, as some like to call St. Paul, is bustling with life and a broad demographic, from young University of Minnesota students to retirees who winter in the southwest.