benediction

Example Sentences

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This would be a fitting benediction if the storm had passed, but so far that hasn’t happened.

From Seattle Times

The catalogue lists 40 people who escaped enslavement in Montgomery County, Md., followed by the phrase “may their memory be a blessing,” a traditional Jewish benediction.

From Washington Post

Morgan Freeman closed the luncheon with a benediction to celebrate the honorees, including the late actor Sidney Poitier, who died at the age of 94 early this year.

From Seattle Times

It’s a little heavy-handed, as “Law & Order” benedictions go, but it’s an apt beginning for an episode that takes a blunt-force approach.

From New York Times

Then my grandfather exploded, in a way that did not end with a change-of-heart benediction.

From Los Angeles Times