Sabbath

Example Sentences

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We lit no candles for the Sabbath, but Friday night dinners were always somehow a bit special.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Some of Debbie Israel’s fondest memories as a young girl are the times she spent with her father at synagogue praying on the Sabbath.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

There’s fighting and running and shooting, with the Damned and Black Sabbath on the soundtrack and, of course, oodles of deduction, from Sherlock and James alike.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The Black Sabbath frontman died just over two weeks after the heavy metal band's Back to the Beginning farewell show, which took place at Villa Park, close to where he was born.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

We’d read them on the Sabbath by candlelight.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride