Sentences with phrase «saintly figures»

None of this is to suggest that capitalists are saintly figures who welcome competition.

Almost without fail, he turns his back on representational scenes, opting rather for abstract, geometric patterns out of his feeling that traditional biblical scenes or saintly figures create a distraction to true worship.

He passed for a guru, an Indian saintly figure, and even for a sannyasi, a wild, holy man, adopting a Hindu customs and religious terminology to define his own personal piety.

Ed Miliband makes pious noises denouncing «factionalism» as if he is a saintly figure who never had anything to do with it.

Her saintly figure and graceful film presence have been making fans drool for years, but the over-40 actress has continued to look great with the best era of her career just sparking over the past few years.

There is a strong attachment to the Korean past and tradition, with the father a saintly figure strongly worshipped by the daughter.

The saintly figure of Head in the Clouds, 2014, is perhaps most indicative of the additive nature of Al - Hadid's process.

Not exact matches

Instead of using the kind of deus ex machina embodied in a formal religious figure that Percy favors in his other novels, we have instead Binx's Catholic family, most notably the saintly Lonnie, that stands for «wise answers.»

But instead of making this kid a saintly soul just looking for a father figure to show him right from wrong, he's as psychologically wounded and as morally crippled as anyone else in the movie proves to be, his journey adding an intriguingly complex dimension I can't say I anticipated.

With his hangdog face and reluctant smile, Crowe plays the part of the humble underdog to the hilt and his sensitive, generous performance makes the saintly Braddock a compelling figure.