calvary

Example Sentences

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Jessie Sheehan, on the other hand, skips the oats and calls in pecans, and a calvary of spices including ginger and nutmeg.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2022

But the calvary also isn’t coming — not yet, anyway.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2022

His calvary - his enemies would say "deceit" - goes back to 2006.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2016

“We’re living a calvary here; we are suffering,” said Louisor Zepenge, a student.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2014

When the wah was over, me and some boys went over to the battlefield and foun' a calvary gun which I had for years.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives by Work Projects Administration