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Example Sentences

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He had a worn leather breviary stuffed with prayers and Mass cards he’d been collecting for years, and he read through them all at the dining-room table every night during the 11 o’clock news.

From New York Times • May 26, 2020

Before the afternoon's voting, Cardinal Pacelli calmly paced a corridor, reading his breviary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Study the World Almanac: it is to be your breviary for a while .

From Time Magazine Archive

At 1 he lunches in his upstairs apartment, at 1:30 he reads his breviary.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the wall hung a little cupboard which held Brother Luke’s few personal belongings and his breviary.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli