saintlike

• “Are women allowed to move on, make changes, follow their own desires, or is the ability to wait trauma out, to display saintlike patience one of the prime virtues that is far more valuable?”

  2009 November « Tales from the Reading Room

• “(On our first visit, our saintlike waitress ended up preparing half of the dinner for us, worried that we'd overdo the meat or undercook the dumplings.)”

  The Washington Post: Hot, and in more ways than one Uncle Liu's showcases popular pots

• “Sambath's own mother and father fell victim to the very man he's now interviewing, though his lack of vengeance is saintlike.”

  Brandon's Sundance 2010 Reviews: Documentary Edition Pt 1 « FirstShowing.net

• “By way of words, they will paint a Norman Rockwell-like picture that will make us want to invite this saintlike "corporate person" to dinner with our families.”

  Mike Papantonio: Psychopathic Corporations Love Our Supreme Court

• “Seems like these are times in which it is real easy to be saintlike, almost like there's no excuse, because the world is so naughty these days.”

  Anne Naylor: Can We Afford NOT To Be Of Service?

• “Many people may find that not cool, but I think Nate's a more interesting character for having been tempted but never succumbing, rather than being so saintlike he's never been tempted.”

  LEVERAGE: The 13th Step is "Shut Up About It Already."

• “If you ever disagreed with him/her, people would think you are very un-saintlike.”

  Richard Batista, who donated a kidney and saved his wife's life and is now using that kidney as a bargaining chip in the divorce case.

• “Apart from their mother, of course, who was an angel in human form - and whose saintlike image is treaured with operatic solemnity.”

  Archive 2009-03-01

• “In response, she gave him truly saintlike loyalty.”

  Newsweek: When The Earth Moved

• “You’re SUPPOSED to not be a dick, that’s just the bare minimum of what it takes to be a good person, not something that warrants saintlike reverence and hero worship.”

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