Examples of sainted in a Sentence
They believed whatever they were told by their sainted leader.
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The sainted Tom Brady had a busload of go-to receivers over the years.
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Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
The movement had adherents among the student body and on the faculty at the Catholic University in Chiclayo, which has about ten thousand students, and the cathedral boasted an enormous portrait of Josemaria Escrivá, Opus Dei’s sainted founder.
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Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
That’s the water her mean father and her sainted mother crossed to get her here, to this country, to this place.
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Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
The movement had adherents among the student body and on the faculty at the Catholic University in Chiclayo, which has about ten thousand students, and the cathedral boasted an enormous portrait of Josemaria Escrivá, Opus Dei’s sainted founder.
—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
That’s the water her mean father and her sainted mother crossed to get her here, to this country, to this place.
—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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“Sainted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sainted. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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