ask alms
Example Sentences
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A bat-eared young man with the mournful features of a card player who has aces wired, Murray could not ask alms as a disabled vet, since he had not been in service.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was looking beyond me, through the gate, as if searching others from whom she might ask alms.
From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Douglass, Ellsworth
He does not dare to ask alms for a fugitive.
From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Parker, Theodore
Then he told the beggar to ask alms again; but the beggar refused, because he feared that the magician, who was then absent, would return home and eat him up.
From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick
You ask alms and do not even take your hat off.
From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)
