Examples of prayer beads in a Sentence
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As people leave the building, musicians strike up a raucous tune with a heavy beat and high notes, while others twirl prayer beads over their heads.
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Ben Wedeman, CNN, 24 June 2024
Most Republicans clutched their prayer beads and paid him the necessary homage by condemning the Manhattan trial.
—Frank Donatelli, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
Stuart found her mother-in-law’s ashes, and the delicate white box that held her late husband’s prayer beads.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
They were briefed by another volunteer, who wore a paisley dress above trench boots and had mala prayer beads on her wrist.
—Jasper Lo, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
Folding chairs, blankets, prayer shawls and prayer beads were also on offer — everything needed for iftar, the evening meal that breaks the fast, at Al Aqsa Mosque.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
Sitting in his stall in Kabul one recent afternoon, one vendor, Mohammad Nasir thumbed a string of red prayer beads in his hand, musing on the city’s seemingly sudden economic decline.
—David Zucchino The New York Times, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
Head scarves were banned in public buildings; the state selected the country’s clergy, or ulema, and closely monitored their sermons for the slightest expression of religiosity; prayer beads or facial hair were viewed with suspicion.
—New York Times, 12 May 2022
And, of course, there’s the usual smack talk among Rams and Bengals fans about who loves their team most, who bleeds the most blue or orange, who clutches the most prayer beads or requires the most CPR compressions on game days.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 7 Feb. 2022
Ben Wedeman, CNN, 24 June 2024
Most Republicans clutched their prayer beads and paid him the necessary homage by condemning the Manhattan trial.
—Frank Donatelli, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
Stuart found her mother-in-law’s ashes, and the delicate white box that held her late husband’s prayer beads.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
They were briefed by another volunteer, who wore a paisley dress above trench boots and had mala prayer beads on her wrist.
—Jasper Lo, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
Folding chairs, blankets, prayer shawls and prayer beads were also on offer — everything needed for iftar, the evening meal that breaks the fast, at Al Aqsa Mosque.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
Sitting in his stall in Kabul one recent afternoon, one vendor, Mohammad Nasir thumbed a string of red prayer beads in his hand, musing on the city’s seemingly sudden economic decline.
—David Zucchino The New York Times, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
Head scarves were banned in public buildings; the state selected the country’s clergy, or ulema, and closely monitored their sermons for the slightest expression of religiosity; prayer beads or facial hair were viewed with suspicion.
—New York Times, 12 May 2022
And, of course, there’s the usual smack talk among Rams and Bengals fans about who loves their team most, who bleeds the most blue or orange, who clutches the most prayer beads or requires the most CPR compressions on game days.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 7 Feb. 2022
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