How to Use intercession in a Sentence

intercession

noun

• The verb used for that intercession is va’yechal, the very term used in our text.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 6 July 2021
• At that event, many said they were saved by Casey's intercession.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2021
• What is sure, is, that as soon as the penny rattles in the chest, gain and avarice are on the way of increase; but the intercession of the church depends only on the will of God Himself.
  — Kristin E. Holmes, Philly.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• Her parents prayed for the intercession of St. Rita, the patron saint of hopeless causes — and the little girl was healed.
  — Atlanta Life, ajc, 9 Mar. 2018
• Soon after the dancers were despatched to a mountaintop shrine in the Vosges mountains to pray for divine intercession.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2017
• One of the legends about St. Arnold says that when an exhausted and thirsty group of pilgrims prayed to him for intercession, their lone beer mug never ran dry.
  — Washington Post, 17 July 2020
• Through the intercession of Mitch McConnell, Trump got 234 of those judges confirmed, including, of course, three on the nation’s highest court.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Mar. 2021
• Those looking for saintly intercession can choose from a pantheon of holy helpers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
• What intercessions are made into the official record when the Black woman makes the world see from her perspective?
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2023
• That exercise has a special place in Catholic tradition—not only to pray, but to do so through the intercession of those in heaven.
  — Nicholas Tomaino, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2023
• By means of their intercession, the Church can continue to win victories in her battle for the salvation of souls.
  — Nr Interview, National Review, 22 July 2017
• Because of that connection, the Church teaches that asking for the intercession of Mary is one of the best ways to communicate to Jesus.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 30 Sep. 2017
• Some don’t believe what the Church teaches about the real presence, the resurrection of the body, apostolic succession, the intercession of the saints.
  — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 9 Apr. 2020
• In these circumstances, fathers and sons sometimes went to war—and only the intercession of the queen allowed both sides to make peace without losing face.
  — Carolyn Harris, Smithsonian, 12 May 2017
• One key step is the Vatican confirming that Casey's intercession helped lead to miracles, a process that can take years.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2017
• In ancient times, families hoped that through such intercession, the dead person would receive a better place in the life hereafter.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2021
• Later in the day, the three men drove to a local gym where the organizer of a basketball school had prayed to the Madonna for intercession so that the sport could survive coronavirus lockdowns.
  — New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021
• But the Emira is so innately drivable you’d have to be an idiot to lose the handle, with or without electronic intercession.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
• The prayer will implore the Virgin Mary's intercession and protection amid the coronavirus crisis.
  — NBC News, 29 May 2020
• Christians believe that atonement comes through the intercession of Jesus.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 2 Oct. 2017
• Paving the way for canonization, Francis signed the decree recognizing Zatti’s intercession in the healing of a man in the Philippines who had suffered a brain bleed.
  — Colleen Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
• Now the Vatican must confirm a miracle attributed to Hlond's intercession for him to be beatified, and a second one for him to be made a saint.
  — Fox News, 4 July 2018
• Many of them, including Ima, had escaped thanks to the intercession of another domestic worker.
  — Noy Thrupkaew, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
• The lawsuit argues that the chant constitutes a prayer because the chant praises the Aztec deities by invoking their names, asking for intercession and showing gratitude.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2021
• The Vatican must now confirm a miracle attributed to his intercession for him to be beatified, and a second one for him to be declared a saint.
  — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• The segment describing Johnson's rough life and Garrido's intercession aired to the minor chords of an electric guitar.
  — Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 19 Mar. 2018
• Only the intercession of the Spanish-speaking hotel owner stopped a certain riot.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
• Only in the case of Hillary Clinton’s email server did enough voters buy into the right-wing narrative, but there were special circumstances there—James Comey’s late intercession in the race and the 25 years the right spent vilifying her.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 17 Jan. 2023
• In March of this year, the pope recognized a miracle attributed to Archbishop Romero’s intercession.
  — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 19 May 2018
• This suffering is elicited by the intercession of qualified (or ordained) critics and psychotherapists, who join in this communion of pain and distress, and share it with the laity via books and monographs.
  — Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024