amen
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"If you came here tonight looking for rock 'n' roll you came to the right place," he declares, "Can I get an amen?"
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023
The amen that follows reaches deep into a Californian’s soul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
“Ameen,” the players quietly said, using the Arabic word for amen.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
The people clapped and gave shouts of amen.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
He gave an amen and turned to nod at his allies in the meeting house.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Instead, Mr. Delgado reminisced about growing up in a Black Baptist church and drew hearty amens and nods of approval from the mostly Black crowd.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2022
But with every phrase I spoke that day in that small upper-room church, the amens grew louder and louder.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2021
The worshipers called out amens and shouted for him to “preach!”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 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
All around Beto, sweating pink faces nodded to the rhythm of murmured and hollered amens.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
