How to Use angel in a Sentence
angel
noun-
Other liken the shape of a split-open biscuit to spread angel wings.
— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2024 -
The novel gladly rushes in where the angel of history fears to tread.
— James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022 -
Over the years, Thai specialties like abalone with eggs and angel wings (chicken wings stuffed with a mixture of shrimp and spices) came off the menu.
— Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022 -
The photo features the iconic angel statue from the album’s cover.
— Spin Contributor, SPIN, 5 Apr. 2022 -
If some singers are said to possess the voice of an angel, then Gilbert Gottfried’s voice might be compared to that of a demon.
— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Apr. 2022 -
Creators no longer have to seek approval from single gateways like record labels, publishers, or angel investors.
— Bryan C. Parker, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2022 -
Villanelle would take a few more bullets before floating away lifeless, the blood around her seeming to form angel wings, her hand just out of reach of Eve's.
— Dan Snierson, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2022 -
Bronfman is also an angel investor, and one of her latest investments was inspired by her experiences as a new mother.
— Rachel King, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2022 -
Thirty years of continually improving health, thanks to the skills, knowledge and expertise of a gifted and caring angel.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2022 -
Marty Allen is an angel investor and former chief executive of a party supply store and a closet design company.
— Catherine Thorbecke and Jackie Wattles, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022 -
Reade, who is mostly sympathetic to Satan, casts the rebel angels as revolutionary subjects.
— Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024 -
With a voice that summoned the angels, Callas was rarely given the autonomy to be her own person, but instead treated as vessel for the satisfaction of others.
— Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2024 -
Besides, these leaders reasoned erroneously, the museum already had an angel — the director’s new husband.
— Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2022 -
God had to take my angel to speak to the universe, to speak to the world.
— Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024 -
Sweet angel princess @sabrinacarpenter will be joining us on all of the shows!
— Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023 -
Grace is set on getting out of there, and the two find an angel.
— Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2022 -
My mom was an angel, but my dad was like the good cop, bad cop type.
— Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024 -
The full moon burst out of the sky like a descending angel and bathed the new world in milky light.
— Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022 -
Or the out-of-town angel who made that vital phone call.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022 -
To be human means to be stuck in tension between the beast and the angel.
— Garret K. Woodward, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2024 -
The other got the stockings, but this one got an angel.
— Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 15 Nov. 2022 -
Four small porcelain angels and a bracelet were also in the bag.
— Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2024 -
Dona Liston first saw the angel in the dying tree about two years ago.
— René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2023 -
The model wore a corset and tights set with cherub and angel print stretching across the fabric.
— Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2023 -
The angel may be gone, but the Chelsea Hotel will always have its ghosts.
— Nicolaia Rips, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2023 -
His alter ego closes the trunk and sits in the front seat to drive away — and the dark angel appears by his side.
— Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024 -
Gabriel was an angel in the Bible, and Gabriella is the feminized form of this name.
— Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022 -
In the midst of the Christmas season, a dog named Buddy takes on the role of an angel and graces the Mac household.
— Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Dec. 2023 -
Is Lorraine his mother, an angel, a pushy stranger, or none of the above?
— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2022 -
The angel on my right shoulder and the devil on my left are deadlocked.
— Dwight Garner, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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