They believed whatever they were told by their sainted leader.
Recent Examples on the WebHis heroines were never all good—they’re not Dickens’s sainted angels wearing white—and his villains were never all bad. Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 14 Feb. 2022 And as The Atlantic’s Ronald Brownstein pointed out a few weeks ago, even John Roberts, the sainted institutionalist, has gone after voting rights with a zeal that verges on the political. Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 29 Jan. 2022 In private, the two sainted public-health officials schemed to quash dissenting views from top scientists. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2021 The sainted man kindly directed my husband to a urinal and then escorted him outside, handing me his clothing with sympathy and obvious relief. Erica Groten, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2021 Bush is perhaps best known in Texas for a dust-up over renovation of the Alamo, that most sainted of Texas shrines.Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021 The program also gives Republicans a chance to paint their visions while wrapping themselves in the mantle of one of the GOP’s most beloved and sainted figures. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021 Most economists attribute these developments to Fed policy under the sainted Paul Volcker. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 3 Mar. 2021 But Maggie is one of those somewhat sainted free spirits who light up everyday dreariness (at least in the movies), stirring things up while inspiring clucks of disapproval and censure. Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020 See More