lay hands on
Example Sentences
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Nearly 10 years ago, Cancro performed the anointing of the sick — laying hands on a person who is ill, spreading oil on their forehead and praying — on Eguino.
From Los Angeles Times
But Burbank never mentioned Ellis laying hands on Collins.
From Seattle Times
That said, “if someone went to lay hands on you with malicious intent and you were scared for your life, that dog will respond in force.”
From Los Angeles Times
"Offerings" brims with many moods, a feeling fixed in place by Gladstone's portrayal of Hotki's emotional withdrawal, until that transcendent sight of generations of spirits laying hands on Willie Jack parts the shadows.
From Salon
This was the closest he has come to laying hands on the World Cup.
From BBC
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