amen
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Except — and this is important — she was holding up an amen corner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
"If you came here tonight looking for rock 'n' roll you came to the right place," he declares, "Can I get an amen?"
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023
“Ameen,” the players quietly said, using the Arabic word for amen.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
The people clapped and gave shouts of amen.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
Even though this isn’t church, there are a few people who say amen, and heads are nodding in agreement.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
There were more than a few whispered amens in the theater after that line.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2022
Uncrowded piano chords linger in the air, periodic amens to the viola’s soulful prayers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
But with every phrase I spoke that day in that small upper-room church, the amens grew louder and louder.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2021
Rice and His Sanctified Congregation, the amens and “Oh yeahs!” from the congregation are so boisterous they threaten to roll right over the preacher.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2020
All around Beto, sweating pink faces nodded to the rhythm of murmured and hollered amens.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
