intercession

Example Sentences

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His hospitalization and photos showing an uncomfortable and grimacing pope being helped to move after the Wednesday audience touched off a flurry of speculation and a global prayer chain as Catholic leaders called for intercession.

From Washington Times

In many cases, they surrendered without a fight, sometimes following the intercession of village elders dispatched by the Taliban.

From Seattle Times

It seeks intercession on their behalf from a Supreme Being, or Chukwu.

From BBC

Over generations of gradual but often arrested progress, the Deaf community has remained self-sufficient, justifiably suspicious of the intercessions of hearing people.

From New York Times

He could hear their dry, ragged breath, the beeping of machines, the intercession of nurses, the fear.

From Washington Post