How to Use lama in a Sentence

lama

noun

• The request would bind the lama closer to the people he was meant to lead.
  — David Pierson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• But with the help of the lamas in a Buddhist monastery deep in the Himalayas, the duo overcome their wartime fears and find inner peace.
  — Pooja Makhijani, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2017
• There were many such lineages of lamas in Tibet, and the Dalai Lama was just one of them until 1642.
  — Donald S. Lopez, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
• Matthiessen speaks with a lama who claims to see snow leopards frequently.
  — Yael Martínez, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2022
• Darkness retreats date back centuries to the monks and lamas in Tibet to the ancient Egyptians.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
• The story is as follows: The monastery was built in memory of a 15th-century lama called Drukpa Kunley.
  — Lawrence Osborne, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
• The process of identifying a lama is based on spiritual signs and visions.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
• Atop a hill, a growling chain saw drowned out loudspeakers broadcasting a lama’s chants from a nearby temple.
  — Edward Wong, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2016
• Building on that premise, the curators imagine how the lama might explain the purposes and powers of certain implements.
  — Lee Lawrence, WSJ, 12 May 2021
• The result is an effective, streamlined version that quickly places us in the hands of Gorampa Sonam Sengge, an influential lama of the Sakya school who died in 1489.
  — Lee Lawrence, WSJ, 12 May 2021
• Even the animals feel like something out of a fairytale—the camel-lama-deer hybrid called the guanaco, the bunny-squirrel-cat mix called the vizcacha, and the pumas, who, as the hotel will explain, are always watching.
  — Teddy Minford, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2022
• In the Madison writer's new novel, twin brothers who don't get along, but have a psychic bond, travel across Mongolia seeking the new incarnation of a great lama.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2022
• Scene transitions have a ceremonial air, and Steve Lee and Franklin Dam provide tranquil performances as the visiting lama and monk.
  — Nelson Pressley, Washington Post, 11 June 2019
• He’s first seen strolling through photogenic golden fields, circling a stone stupa on his way to visit an elderly lama (real-deal lama Kelsang Choejey).
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023
• It is considered insensitive and disrespectful, almost as if the community is eagerly anticipating the lama’s death.
  — Lobsang Sangay, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2023
• Historically, Tibetan lamas have often come from nobility.
  — David Pierson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024