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
Beggars often ask alms in the interest of particular saints, and this one had attached himself to Elias.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
A wretched, cracked earthen cup, or an old wooden shoe, hanging by a string to his belt, he uses to ask alms in the shape of wine.
From The Devil's Pool by Ives, George Burnham
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)
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)
