hallelujah

Example Sentences

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It allowed me to sing hallelujah in the Lenten season,” referring to the run-up to Easter.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025

“That was really a hallelujah moment, because I could do it in London and could recover at home,” she recalls.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024

“The contemporary Black art and the Black art boom, which I’m all for — more power to you, hallelujah — a lot of it is heavy-handed and overt and I’m not interested in that. “

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

To borrow from his lyrics, it was a cold and a broken hallelujah.

From Washington Times • May 15, 2023

Then she turned back to the Store and resumed, “Glory, glory, hallelujah, when I lay my burden down.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou