Example Sentences

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The martyrs who have hallowed by their blood the ground of Concord, trusted themselves and occupied the place Divine Providence assigned them.

From Select Speeches of Kossuth by Newman, Francis William

Since Cartier's day four centuries of history have hallowed the soil of Canada with memories and associations never to be forgotten.

From The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier by Wrong, George McKinnon

I may not see that blessed land,   But she roams o'er the sod The Lord's pure eyes have hallowed,   Where once His feet have trod.

From Poems by Holley, Marietta

Scarce any writer presents to us a sentiment with such a tearful depth of expression; but though it is a tearful depth, those tears were shed long since, and Faith and Love have hallowed them.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various

Arrival at Camp Dodge, Iowa, the following morning and subsequent meeting with the officers and enlisted men of Base Hospital No. 11, made an impression so agreeable time itself seems merely to have hallowed it.

From The Greater Love by McCarthy, George T.