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Recent Examples of godly Each step requires extreme precision, then near-godly patience, as the piece returns to the muro to harden after each step. Maria Yagoda, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024 That godly spirit is what guides him to help thousands of disenfranchised people, quietly and swiftly, like the Turpin children, a California family who suffered from abuse, or Megan Markle, who needed refuge and coverage after fleeing the United Kingdom with her husband, Prince Harry. Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 Dec. 2024 Don’t worry folks, even Dwayne Johnson needs a little help getting into godly shape. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2024 In a modern-day setting, Zeus has chained up Prometheus after interfering his with godly rule over humanity. Variety Entertainment News Service (tns), Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for godly
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Adjective
  • Each letter comes across as a set piece, a small achievement of style and tone: Vasari’s flowery, deferential missives to the duke, Maria’s youthful ardor and confusion, the overly pious cattiness of a nun.
    Chelsea Leu, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • For pious viewers who may traditionally shy away from the horror genre, The Bondsman may surprise with some very tender and spiritual moments.
    Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Manufacturers want to divine where to build their next factory.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Maybe some divine intervention can help Pederson and Marsh get off the schneid.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Francis urged political leaders to guard against religious extremism and warned Catholics not to force their faith on others during a 2024 visit to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Ryan Burge, a leading researcher on American religious trends, told McClatchy News the approval rating among non-Catholics — specifically the religiously unaffiliated — is notable.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Continue reading … ‘MANY SURPRISES’ – Archaeologists discover proof of Bible verse at holiest site in Christianity.
    FOXNews.com, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Across religions and their various significant and holy sites, people of all faiths have shared in Khalafalla’s experience.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • As a devout Muslim, Abdi, 24, dresses modestly and wears a hijab, or, when shooting or walking shows, a hat or head covering.
    Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The venue will certainly attract flocks of deadheads, who remain among the most devout fanbases in music.
    Ethan Millman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Finally, end the meal with a heavenly dessert of miniature Key lime pies.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Preacher Boy shows off his heavenly voice and affinity for jazz music, but his father, an actual preacher, rebukes the genre as the devil’s music, like most good Christians did back then.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The most captivating of the three love stories is Smoke’s reunion with Annie (Wunmi Mosaku), a Hoodoo conjurer and Orisha spiritual healer who runs a small plantation store, where their infant son is buried outside under an oak tree.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • This choice jells with the Spanish psytrance producer’s generally hard aesthetic: her intricate music — laced with a spiritual chants and loaded with kickdrum — is intense, as are looks favoring latex and snakes as accessories.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • Others may also visit the sacred sites for a voluntary pilgrimage called Umrah that can be undertaken at any time.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In historical records, Abydos was referred to as a sacred city that was the final resting place of Osiris — the god of the underworld — and the preferred resting place for the first pharaohs.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025

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“Godly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godly. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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