How to Use rosary in a Sentence

rosary

noun
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  • Woken up in the middle of the night to chant the rosary.
    — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • For those unable to process, the prayer of the rosary will be prayed in the church.
    — Staff Report, NOLA.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Elvie Del Rosario prayed the rosary for her son for 40 days.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • By now Joe Biden’s rosary must be the most famous beads in the world.
    — William McGurn, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2020
  • And then my mom, who’s super Catholic, pulls out the rosary.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • This dad was also the one who made the kids pray the rosary daily.
    — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 14 June 2018
  • His penance is to pray the rosary — and then rip apart a pillow in the church belfry.
    — Will Swaim, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Soubirous knelt and prayed the rosary, according to the website.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The singer wore a black suit jacket over a black tank top, with a pearl rosary around his neck.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
  • After the rosary, the guests and dancers fellowship with food and warm drinks.
    — Carmina Tiscareño, Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Women are kissing the stone and running their rosaries along the top of it.
    — Chris Nashawaty, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2012
  • The hostages do, too: just before he gets shot in the head, one of them gives him a rosary and tells him not to be scared.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The week before, Francis asked Catholics to join him in praying the rosary.
    — Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Groups will gather outside the clinics to pray the rosary.
    — Dallas News, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Among the worshipers was Ivelisse Aguilar, who was with her 17-year-old son and held a her rosary in her hand.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • This guy must really pound the rosary beads just to keep his job.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 14 Dec. 2019
  • The look was topped off with hoop earrings, a rosary made from pieces of 108 human skulls, and a wool robe.
    — Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The rosary will begin at 11:30 a.m. followed by Mass at noon.
    — Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2022
  • My abuela, la gran Mamita Toña, was praying the rosary in her home.
    — Yesika Salgado, refinery29.com, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Spanish Polish Rosary Group prays the rosary in the three languages.
    — Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
  • In 98 degree heat, nuns in habits stood by a temporary fence and prayed the rosary.
    — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 28 May 2022
  • On one man’s back lie a rosary, a cross and a prayer card, placed there by the staff at the family’s request.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 28 June 2020
  • Maya cried and grasped a rosary in her hand as the jury's decision was read aloud in court.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Each year, the church hangs a large rosary from the trunk of a pine tree in hopes of a great pierogi festival weekend.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Religious items such as rosaries and books about St. Pio will be available for purchase from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. near the start of the line in the church.
    — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
  • Benedict’s hands were clasped, a rosary around his fingers.
    — Fox News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The public is invited to take part in a recitation of the Catholic rosary and offer prayers for peace.
    — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The device shows the users progress throughout each prayer and keeps track of each rosary completed.
    — Gabrielle Sorto, CNN, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Laurie Nelsen holds a rosary made by her mother, Claire Ryan.
    — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The Dalai Lama remembered as a little boy asking for the rosary beads that monk had worn around his neck.
    — Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2023

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