Christlike
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- Christlikeness noun
Etymology
Origin of Christlike
Example Sentences
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He adopts a Christlike pose, arms spread, palms forward, and those gathered around him leap to their feet, fists thrust at the sky.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022
By never specifying what surprises Alyosha, Tolstoy makes Saunders’ interpretation of the story available without denying the more Tolstoyan endorsement of Christlike meekness.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2021
Defeats on the battlefield as well as the trials of the early Reconstruction period were cast as Christlike tribulations that would lead to a resurrection of the old order.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2020
An island convict, his girlfriend and other lost souls escape in a sailboat with a Christlike man.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2019
Ripe experience and Christlike sympathy were needed to deal with the new situation.
From The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow by Cable, Mildred
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