mecca
Example Sentences
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Fred dreams of beating his annual sales goal and earning a trip to Palm Springs, Calif., a place he reveres “the way others may have felt about Canterbury or Jerusalem or Mecca.”
When laid on the ground with the arch oriented in the direction of Mecca, the textile physically delineates an area for prayer.
From Washington Post
In 2019, 35 Arab and Asian expatriates were killed when a bus collided with another vehicle as the travelled from Medina to Mecca for the Umrah.
From BBC
Though she drinks alcohol and often misses prayer, she rejoices in the “communal joy of taraweeh” and takes pleasure in hearing her navigator speak of his time in Mecca.
From New York Times
Pennsylvania Avenue — redubbed “The Road to Mecca” — was thronged by “rollicking hordes,” wrote The Washington Post.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
