benediction
Example Sentences
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Ma also offered a benediction to the repair shop, playing the Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major on the same borrowed cello.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025
“Shrinking,” through Goldstein and Louis’ subplot, makes it simple to grant him our sympathy and benediction while admitting that in real life, it would not be so easy.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2024
Advice given on New Year’s takes on the air of a benediction, a strong first sentence with which to begin a new chapter.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2023
“Because when a benediction is requested, it is expressing a request for help from God, a plea to be able to live better, a trust in a father who can help us to live better.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2023
He gently touched Ben on the head, as if delivering some sort of benediction.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing benediction
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