Example sentences for: sainted

How can you use “sainted” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Inside is the azulejo-covered chapel of Rainha Santa Isabel, dedicated to the memory of Dom Dinis’s sainted queen.

  • Louis IX of France, the ideal Christian king for the justice he handed down to his subjects and for the Crusades he led to the Holy Land, was sainted after his death in Tunis in 1270.

  • Of course, as our sainted editor here at Slate , Michael Kinsley, has often said, the real scandal is not what's illegal, but what's legal and going on all the time.

  • Across the river are the Convento de Santa Clara-a-Velha (Old St. Claire Convent, long under extensive restoration aimed at rescuing it from the river), where the lifeless Inês de Castro was crowned (see page 45), and the newer, uphill Convento de Santa Clara-a-Nova (New Convent), where the silver tomb of Isabel, the sainted queen of Dom Dinis, is located.

  • Likewise, the original Onestis were usually honest and Bevilacquas (bevi drink, acqua water) usually sober, while Amantis (amante lover) usually exhibited a form of spiritual love that made them seem saintly, and Santillis (santo sainted), Salvos (salvare to save), Carideos (cari dear,' deo god), and Donadios (dona given, dio god) usually had special relationships with their maker.


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