ritual

Example Sentences

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Jewson’s film is thankfully scrubbed of satanic panic, but still focuses on a damsel — or, in this case, damsels — in distress, attempting to escape the bizarre, clandestine ritual they’ve found themselves at the center of.

From Salon

Its narrative, as signaled by the title, depicts Mr. Lemann’s metaphorical progress from a Southern heritage in which Jewish descent was a mild social embarrassment to an enthusiastic embrace of Jewish rituals and beliefs.

From The Wall Street Journal

We thought of it as a kind of Beuysian social sculpture, it was a weekly ritual, and over time it became something of an institution in the L.A. art world.

From Los Angeles Times

But what kind of a Jew, with my waning attachment to ritual observance and insistent questioning of Orthodox belief?

From The Wall Street Journal

Mirza Mohammad, 70, was equally determined to maintain his usual ritual of strolling to the park near his home in west Tehran and chatting with neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times