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
Even at these tombs I found women, to whom permission was granted to spread their handkerchiefs, and ask alms of every visitor.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis
A moment later Sita sees an old hermit draw near to ask alms.
From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
A beggar meeting him alone would never dare to ask alms.
From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
Yet they omitted not to ask alms once or twice a-week, that they might not disuse themselves from the spirit of mortification and poverty.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Scott, Walter, Sir
