Sentence examples of "saint" in French with translation "saint"

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Il s'est comporté comme un saint. He acted like a saint.
Cela mettrait même un saint homme en colère. It would provoke a saint.
Plusieurs personnes visitèrent le sanctuaire où le saint était enterré. Many people visited the shrine where the saint lay buried.
Je ne peux pas dire que M. Kelly ait vécu une vie de saint. I can't say that Mr. Kelly has lived a saint's life.
Chacun sait que ce n'est pas un saint. En le défendant, nous accepterions et encouragerions ses points de vue. Everyone knows that he's no saint. By defending him, we'd be accepting and encouraging his views.
Au Mexique, la plupart des villages ont un saint patron dont le jour de fête est célébré en grande fanfare. In Mexico, most small towns have a patron saint whose feast day is celebrated with great fanfare.
Autour des saints, les diables errent. Around the saints roam the devils.
Je préfère rire avec les pêcheurs que pleurer avec les saints. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.
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