orison

Example Sentences

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Eggs, those wondrous orbs of orison, break into an omelette or simply sunny-side up.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2016

That orison alone ought to be enough to give Mr. Lhota the shivers.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2012

In turn, the testimony of Sonmi~451 is recorded on a device called an "orison" and survives into the post-apocalyptic world of the illiterate Zach'ry, who "yarns" the sixth and central narrative.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010

The title itself comes from a Zen Buddhist pal who always uttered "his senseless little orison" on leaving King's apartment.

From Time Magazine Archive

The king then steps to the side of the bed, kneels on a cushion, and says his prayers; while an almoner in a low voice recites the orison Quæsumus, deus omnipotens.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. by Lodge, Henry Cabot