vocation

Unflappably brilliant and sincere in her vocation, she proves that faith in action can be both serious and great fun to watch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

For someone whose primary vocation lies in one of the Olympics' most niche sports, it was an unlikely position to be in.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

The author sees her writing vocation as a kind of fiduciary responsibility, appointing herself a trustee of the family lore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

And though the high gloss may be an act given Gaston’s actual vocation, Marshall plays the part as if the crook himself believes the masquerade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Blanca led the idle life that was her true vocation, while her husband gave himself to those small pleasures that only money can buy and that he had denied himself for such a long time.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

The latest installments, “East” and “West,” focus on artisans engaged at the highest level of their sometimes obscure vocations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

Affluent families often paid a skilled artisan to train their children in well-paid, rewarding vocations.

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2024

Asia Pacific is one of only a few places in the world where the Catholic Church is growing in terms of baptised faithful and religious vocations.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024

In his 2023 Faith and Law presentation, Simon offered “a brief framework on how Christians could and should engage with the distinctive tensions within vocations in law, policy, and associated disciplines.”

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2024

My father would not have believed in the possibility of sub-rosa vocations.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee