hallelujah

Example Sentences

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Allahu Akbar means God is great – the Muslim equivalent of hallelujah.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

Then one day she left, and the skies opened as a heavenly host sang hallelujah.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2023

“The contemporary Black art and the Black art boom, which I’m all for — more power to you, hallelujah — a lot of it is heavy-handed and overt and I’m not interested in that. “

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

To borrow from his lyrics, it was a cold and a broken hallelujah.

From Washington Times • May 15, 2023

And she went behind the candy counter and hummed, “Glory, glory, hallelujah, when I lay my burden down.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou