amen
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Such an amen chorus, however wise and worthy, doesn’t seem to help Berry anticipate the scrutiny of more skeptical observers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Ballas contined: "Gratitude to Jane because I panicked. I really thought that was it, the end, amen."
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
“Ameen,” the players quietly said, using the Arabic word for amen.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
Or the way Hailstork really has the chorus lean into those humming M’s of “come home” like the hinge of an amen.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2022
After the final amen, in silent, perfect sympathy, they ducked into an empty corridor off the side aisle.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
This family comedy, with its cheek and secrets and eulogies and amens, wants to offer audiences living in bad times an old-fashioned good one.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2021
The worshipers called out amens and shouted for him to “preach!”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2019
They were shouting out amens and raising their hands in praise.
From Salon ● May 17, 2019
Franklin’s funeral was unapologetically black: ringing oratory from a rainbow of celebrities, friends, family members and preachers’ amens and hallelujahs caroming off the rafters of Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2018
We can barely get our amens out before Shirley says, “Momma, I had a funny dream last night, but I can’t remember it. Does that ever happen to you?”
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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