Similar to soldiers, nurses felt the need to live up to certain patriotic ideals—in their case, the “ministering angel” who approached the wounded with a stoic compassion.
The ideal holiday in bed does not require the presence of a ministering angel in the room all day.
It is all very fine to be called a ministering angel, but it is pleasanter to minister to those who are appreciative.
So attentive was my landlady that she was a ministering angel.
She gaily recounted her climax of confusion and weariness, and the sudden appearance of this ministering angel.
In this trying crisis his sister proved a ministering angel.
I thought she was happy in being a ministering angel herself.
The grocer's weak eyes honored a ministering angel.
