How to Use plaster saint in a Sentence

plaster saint

noun
  • Politicians are people, after all, and not plaster saints.
    Author: Mark Z. Barabak, Anchorage Daily News, 2019-09-24
  • His father, who was also a sculptor, made his living by crafting plaster saints and other religious icons.
    Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 2018-05-17
  • The plaster saints in the press corps picked through Mr. Moore’s divorce papers to smear him, and waded through decades of his political commentary to find embarrassing comments and misjudgments.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2019-05-02

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