rosary

Example Sentences

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A toddler sat on her mother’s lap, clutching a rosary.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Many of the phrases repeated most often in the rosary are petitions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

He liked to go into nature and pray with them the way some people pray with a rosary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Dressed in white and with a rosary hanging from her car's rear-view mirror, she drove through the city but became trapped in traffic.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

The white Reverend Sisters stood with arms folded, or lightly touching the glass rosary beads that dangled at their waists, carefully watching to see that every student s lips moved.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie