Mother Teresa

Cultural  

1. A Roman Catholic nun, born in Yugoslavia, who received the Nobel Prize for peace in 1979 for her humanitarian work among lepers and other dying poor of Calcutta.

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Example Sentences

Roberts disparaging the Rockies was a bit surprising because it was akin to someone telling Mother Teresa to take a hike.

From Los Angeles Times

As a child, she met Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton and Mother Teresa, and her family were invited to the White House.

From BBC

“Mother Teresa could not beat these charge,” he said Wednesday, invoking the Catholic nun and saint.

From Seattle Times

As Mother Teresa put it, “If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families.”

From Seattle Times

Her contemporaries, if they were still alive, would be Lyndon B. Johnson, Lucille Ball and Mother Teresa.

From New York Times