How to Use imam in a Sentence

imam

noun
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  • The imam died at about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, the source said.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2024
  • From the speakers came the voice of an imam reading from the Quran.
    — Jo Becker, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The mosques and the imams have the right to challenge the order, the government said.
    — New York Times, 8 June 2018
  • The incident wasn’t the first time an imam who led the mosque was killed.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Shirzadi served as the imam at the mosque for the past nine years, police said.
    — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Finally, the story came to the point where the imam was slain.
    — The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Ray sought to have an imam of his own faith present instead.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 10 Nov. 2021
  • But the mosque’s imam is too scared to provide a sworn statement.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2021
  • North Texas imam and activist Omar Suleiman was one of the night’s speakers.
    — Obed Manuel, Dallas News, 12 July 2019
  • After breaking the fast, those who wished to pray the fourth prayer of the day, called the Maghrib Prayer, knelt behind the imam in the back of the room.
    — Kate Morrissey, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2018
  • Among those who died were the mosque’s imam and a 7-year-old boy, officials said.
    — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2020
  • The imam supported efforts to keep the city safe and his death was a deep loss, Frage added.
    — Hannan Adely, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Every day, the imam said, a dozen or so new arrivals find their way there.
    — Olivia Bensimon Todd Heisler, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • One of them was a women’s mosque presided over by a female imam.
    — Alessandra Cappelletti, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2021
  • An imam said that fifteen other men from Gasanbek’s area had died in the war.
    — Time, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Nearby, police conferred with the imam in his long white robe.
    — Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 14 May 2021
  • So an alcove was built on the side of the main prayer area where women can see the imam during prayer services.
    — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • One makeshift shelter in the Bronx is run by an imam from Senegal, Omar Niass.
    — Olivia Bensimon Todd Heisler, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The father of the bride sat beside his daughter as the imam led the ceremony.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023
  • When Guandolo finished, the imam stood and tried to persuade him that this was not true.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Not so long ago, that analogizing was the work of shamans, imams, and ministers.
    — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The imam said an interpreter was made available, as well.
    — Carla Hinton, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Zara refused, and the local imam denounced her in a Friday prayer.
    — Annie Hylton, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The state stopped that practice after a Muslim inmate asked to have an imam present.
    — Kim Chandler, Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The imam of one of the most important mosques in Lanzhou, the provincial capital, was there.
    — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Sheikh had been an imam at the Islamic Center of Irving, one of the biggest mosques in Texas.
    — Fox News, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Ali, the Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law and the first imam of Shia Islam, sent a loyal follower to govern the area.
    — The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Sheik Saidi, the district imam, often drops in for a visit.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The homeowner, an imam at a local mosque, invited them in and served them a meal.
    — Ali Arkady, Smithsonian, 29 Apr. 2017
  • The day begins with a morning prayer, known as salat al-Eid, and includes the performance of the Eid salat, followed by a sermon from the imam.
    — Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2024

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