Example Sentences

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It was as if he were blessing them, one by one.

From MSNBC • Nov. 7, 2017

According to Stevenson, the collection "sees a return to his Caribbean setting after sojourns in England and America and he is, as it were, blessing the world instead of complaining about it".

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2011

She knew where the cabbages were lined on burlap in front of a radiant old woman who raised one hand to Liyana as if she were blessing her.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

Mr. Tripp held on to the door frame with one hand, and the other he held high, his fingers spread out as if he were blessing them all.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Maybe, I had done a good thing for Josiah and Hannah, and they were blessing me. 

From Novel Notes by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)