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hymn

[him] / hɪm /


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Two years later, near the end of my training, I was sitting in church, listening to the choir sing something beautiful, though I do not recall the precise hymn.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

This orientation is illustrated in the last lines of a hymn by Isaac Watts, often sung during Lent: “Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The Belgian government is singing from the same hymn sheet.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

In a prologue about Lee’s harsh childhood in Manchester, England, her mother hums a tune to her based on the traditional Shaker hymn “Beautiful Treasures.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Lillian Woodward played the hymn like a dirge, and there is nothing like playing a march like a dirge to irritate a congregation.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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