Example Sentences

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“How can you accept prayers for the patriarch who is blessing the soldiers trying to kill your son?” said Andreas Loudaros, editor of Orthodoxia.info, an Athens-based website that covers church affairs.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2022

The singer gave the movie is blessing, and his family and management have been involved in the production since, even gifting a previously unheard recording to the soundtrack.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2019

He’s always trying to help everyone, he’s always smiling and happy, and God is blessing him with the things he deserves.”

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2013

Savs Paul Hines, head of the festival committee: "It's almost as if the Almighty is blessing our efforts to glorify him."

From Time Magazine Archive

Among these works were a Venus embraced by Love, after a drawing by Raffaello, and a scene in which God the Father is blessing the seed of Abraham, with the handmaiden and two children.

From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi by De Vere, Gaston du C.