ritual

Example Sentences

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Georgia said the "ritual" of wearing make-up and doing her hair helped her to forget about the cameras filming her every move on the pitch.

From BBC

It’s repetition, ritual, a reason to return back to the person you can’t stop thinking about.

From Salon

The ritual gave her an excuse to return the gifts and use the store credit on presents for her children she placed under the tree.

From Los Angeles Times

When the crossing appears, Yatsurugi's priest holds a Shinto ritual on the ice, something Miyasaka has been able to do just 11 times in over four decades in the job.

From Barron's

Students treat institutional rituals as a farce and openly mock their principal - calling him Yamdoot after the Hindu god of death - a blustering figure who addresses them as "My dear donkey".

From BBC