They believed whatever they were told by their sainted leader.
Recent Examples on the WebThe origins of the sainted drink date to the times of the Persians, who claim to have invented it.—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2024 This bio-pic (the first of Dumont’s two films about the doomed and sainted warrior) externalizes the wild subjectivity of her religious devotion in the form of a rock opera, based on plays by the Christian mystic poet Charles Péguy (1871–1914).—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024 The rules, the sainted Laws, decree that once a game has restarted, it cannot be stopped.—Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023 Might Pablo himself have been bound by just such a hallowed yoke, a sainted confidante?—Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for sainted
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