orison

Example Sentences

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Eggs, those wondrous orbs of orison, break into an omelette or simply sunny-side up.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2016

That orison alone ought to be enough to give Mr. Lhota the shivers.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2012

In turn, the testimony of Sonmi~451 is recorded on a device called an "orison" and survives into the post-apocalyptic world of the illiterate Zach'ry, who "yarns" the sixth and central narrative.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010

The title itself comes from a Zen Buddhist pal who always uttered "his senseless little orison" on leaving King's apartment.

From Time Magazine Archive

For he knew now they were an inseparable part of his memory of Olivia, her hills, her sheltering sentinels, the mere sight of them Doom's orison.

From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil