angels

Cultural  

1. Spirits who live in heaven with God; also the devils of hell, who are angels fallen from goodness. In the Bible (see also Bible), angels are often sent to Earth, sometimes with a human appearance, to bring the messages of God to people, to guide and protect them, or to execute God's punishments. (See Abraham and Isaac, Annunciation, cherubim, Daniel in the lions' den, Gabriel, Jacob's ladder, Lot's wife, Lucifer, Michael, Passover (see also Passover), plagues of Egypt, Satan, and Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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angels Idioms  

1. see fools rush in where angels fear to tread; on the side of the angels.

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Example Sentences

One man was arrested after jumping over the ropes and diving into a greenside bunker on the 16th, where he proceeded to perform 'snow angels' in the sand.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

Smolkin writes, Soviet cosmonaut German Titov, the second person in space, proclaimed his atheism, remarking "that he had not seen 'God or angels' during his 17 orbits of Earth."

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2022

Police said the collector was ignorant of the angels’ origin and offered to return them without any legal fight.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2021

Not that politics was suddenly all gossamer and angels’ harps.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2021

He read that the angels’ children became unruly, savage beasts.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley