Example Sentences

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The latest installments, “East” and “West,” focus on artisans engaged at the highest level of their sometimes obscure vocations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Affluent families often paid a skilled artisan to train their children in well-paid, rewarding vocations.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2024

In his 2023 Faith and Law presentation, Simon offered “a brief framework on how Christians could and should engage with the distinctive tensions within vocations in law, policy, and associated disciplines.”

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2024

How to respond is a major challenge for clergy already struggling with a significant drop in vocations that leaves many with barely the time to celebrate Masses in multiple villages under their care.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023

My father would not have believed in the possibility of sub-rosa vocations.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee