How to Use prayer beads in a Sentence

prayer beads

plural noun

• The two men share a meal together; Samir, nervous, worries at a ring of prayer beads.
  — Julian Joslin, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2021
• The shy man came to see the imam, who rolled out his prayer rug, closed his eyes, and let his prayer beads slip through his fingers while reciting a verse.
  — Isabelle De Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2021
• The printout is partially obscured by a string of prayer beads hanging off the fence.
  — Ron Kampeas, sun-sentinel.com, 1 July 2021
• Her life narrowed to a dark room with a dirt-floor in rural Rwanda, prayer beads hanging on the wall by her side.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2019
• There are black bike shorts, dirty Jansport packs topped with prayer beads, and a Black Flag cap that says America on it.
  — Monica Kim, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2017
• Her life narrowed to a small, dark room with a dirt-floor in rural Rwanda, prayer beads hanging on the wall by her side.
  — CBS News, 26 Dec. 2019
• And others were hauling out the prayer beads over the future of a local quarterback.
  — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020
• Some of her later abstract prints, as well as sculptures in the form of prayer beads, directly refer to it.
  — New York Times, 5 May 2020
• Lying on the sand under a tree, fiddling with his prayer beads, the aging village sheikh sprang to his feet, shouting at his son to chase the police.
  — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
• Users can buy wholesale halal food, electronic qur'ans, and even prayer beads.
  — Eleanor Ross, Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2017
• Inside Hanuman’s two-story house, a picture of the white-bearded Jambheshwar, hands clasped on the handle of a cane draped with prayer beads, adorned a small shrine next to the living room.
  — Shashank Bengali, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
• With prayer beads in one hand and an ax in the other, a monk hunts down a millennia-old spirit that’s possessing humans and unleashing hell on Earth.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 27 June 2021
• Idlib markets are bursting with life, as men ride through the streets on old motorcycles, while others clutch their prayer beads in quiet corners.
  — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2018
• Family members of the victims sat in the courtroom, and as the first video was pulled up, McNamara’s wife pulled out tissues and Winters’s sister clutched a string of prayer beads.
  — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
• Wearing trousers and a T-shirt, prayer beads hanging from her neck, Ms. Tsomo whispers Buddhist prayers for peace for her brother’s soul, sometimes shuffling her beads.
  — Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2020
• Others called on the government to black out the scene where Chopra holds up sacred Hindu prayer beads as evidence that the plotter in the episode was an Indian nationalist.
  — NBC News, 9 June 2018
• This exhibition will feature not only artifacts, including a jump rope autographed by Muhammad Ali and prayer beads and prayer rugs, but also interviews with Muslim Chicagoans.
  — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• While Budai is typically depicted wearing or holding prayer beads, the climbing hold’s necklace included an unusual addition: an eGrips logo.
  — Joe Purtell, Outside Online, 30 July 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024