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hymn

[him] / hɪm /


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Two years later, near the end of my training, I was sitting in church, listening to the choir sing something beautiful, though I do not recall the precise hymn.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

This orientation is illustrated in the last lines of a hymn by Isaac Watts, often sung during Lent: “Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

His hymn to Aten is an exercise in majesty, an ode not just to the sun but to the expanses in which our solar system circulates.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

The Belgian government is singing from the same hymn sheet.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

A wave of longing swept over me; I hadn’t heard that hymn since Charlie’s last Sunday at church.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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