fast day

Example Sentences

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With the rattled country shut down for Tisha B'av, the fast day mourning the destruction of two ancient Jewish temples in Jerusalem blamed by the sages on needless infighting, Israelis leaders counselled soul-searching.

From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2023

It’s a slow moment in the middle of a fast day, at the start of a whirlwind week.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2021

They can make up a missed fast day later, and it’s completely legitimate, he said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2021

Adams’ 1798 fast day proclamation was a conventional expression of New England political culture.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2017

It consisted of pigeon, chickens, taros, and yams, but poor Mataafa, who had previously adjourned for evening service, could not share the birds because it was a fast day.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh