whole offering

Example Sentences

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The whole was surrounded with a well-chosen wreath of flowers, whose gay colours contrasted agreeably with the sea-green colour of the door; the whole offering a very unfavourable contrast to the mean and shabby-looking staircase.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

Later in Israel, the whole offering was burnt.

From From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography by Ashley, George T.

The being of man is a whole offering to God.

From The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 by Various

He offered himself a whole offering to God, by prayer and study of the Scriptures, by spareness of diet and simplicity of clothing, by liberal almsgiving.

From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various