| 单词 | holy |
| 例句 | Seriously, I don't know what in God's holy name you're talking about, because pretty much nothing seems to be working out the way I want it to. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The rituals were very complicated and the correct order of processions, chants, prostrations, sprinklings with holy water and sacrificial offerings had to be carefully written down so that they wouldn’t be forgotten. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just assume that we are the holy ones,” said the King, “and go on about your accident.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pay them for the value of their animals,” she told Reznak, “but henceforth claimants must present themselves at the Temple of the Graces and swear a holy oath before the gods of Ghis.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We’d never have got you away if she hadn’t woken you up. She went to a holy man to get that powder specially.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “This is really the holy grail of games,” he said, dealing the cards one by one. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She and her family often came to this very spot to send prayers of thanks for her life to the holy greyhound. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There were holy men whose faces were covered with ashes and who wore nothing at all. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Never before had he really wanted the true and holy power—only the power to make others believe he had it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Think of Our Lady, the mother of beautiful love, greatness, and holy hope.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And then He will place His holy hand upon our heads and straightway us will be white as cotton. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Still, in the beginning the bigger birds would try the smaller cars, get trapped, and raise holy Hannah trying to get out before the tourists drove off with them trapped inside. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Felicia, her eyes closed tight, cautiously patted the floor until she touched the peeled grapes her sister had left for her there, and screamed to holy hell. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We went to morning Mass, and although we did not usually visit Father Benedict on holy days of obligation, we went to his house afterward. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In the entry there is nothing but a grainy photograph, just one, black-and-white, hanging like a holy thing. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Because it’s the holiest place in all of Fjerda and not essential to our mission.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I know you think you have a holy dog.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Three fires were lit nearby, and the men of the town chanted during the cremation until his spirit had left his body and a holy man announced that Sassur was dead. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In their place will stand true and holy priests who shall have no wealth or rights above the common man. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Ma rolls the wheelchair back so we have enough space to slide out of the pew without tripping or brushing against the wheels of her chair and dirtying up our holy dresses. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z On Eid, the three days of celebration after the holy month of Ramadan, Kabulis dressed in their best and newest clothes and visited their families. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “By all that’s holy, Turner, you couldn’t wait before you decided to embarrass me in front of a new congregation?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Can you really talk like that? Being holy and all?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It was the holiest date of the Jewish calendar, when our fate for the new year was sealed in the Book of Life. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Maybe such a look may have been sometime on a holy face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “The curse was lifted when the priest blessed the house with holy water—” she did not finish. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He opens the flask, anoints me, while I seem to faint, with the authentic holy water used on the feet of the holy saint. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z About a hundred holy cows go mooing inside my head. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Dominating the entire back wall is a colossal, Gothic choir screen carved from marble and adorned with ornate statues of saints, black and gold and imposing, holy. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "Bless me, holy children—oblate, peasant, and Jew. Bless me." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Cora believed in that part of the holy book, at least. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Did he not go continually to the holy springs with an insatiable thirst, to the sacrifices, to books, to the Brahmins’ discourses? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z These domestic crusades terrorized poor people and, at the same time, got them involved in what was painted as a holy adventure: turning all Europe into a Christian land. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “If God gets even half the promises we’ve been laying down, the U.S.A. is going to be holier than the Vatican,” Monaco said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of his life he was thoroughly cosmopolitan, travelling widely, living for twenty years in Weimar, and for six years near Rome, where he took holy orders. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And, as God is good and holy, I promise you, in such a cursed place as this, only the dead shall know. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The pilots who flew the suicide missions thought they were flying with that holy wind. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She blessed without using the name of the Trinity like my mother, and yet her blessing was as holy. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My turn came and I stood in front of the big desk with holy pictures under the glass while the Sister Superior read my letter. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood now with his harp, holy and clear, in the wall’s recess, under the window, wondering if he should flee that way to the courtyard altar, sanctuary of Zeus, the Enclosure God. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z John studied the label with the devout attention a good Christian might give to the holy sacrament. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are no such books in Saybrook. In Boston, perhaps. But the proper use of reading is to improve our sinful nature, and to fill our minds with God’s holy word.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The Gathering was to take place at Winay Wayna, a holy place several days away that was known for its beautiful orchids and many flowing fountains. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The rest of us were left to find fountains to cleanse the grime and dust from our travels before entering the holy city. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z When the service was over they had kissed each other with a holy kiss. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Later, after he had driven them back to their hotel, Poppy was muttering, “Holy, holy, holy.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z From the austerity and tranquility of her medieval world, the penetrating gaze of this legendary Sybil of a holy nun would exorcise the horrors which materialize before our eves in the name of television. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Siddhartha thought a great deal at this time about the dying sage whose voice had stirred thousands, whose voice he had also once heard, whose holy countenance he had also once looked at with awe. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she would light the holy candle in front of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sleep next to a holy candle for seven days, then on the eighth day, spit. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I told my dad, and he said you could all come and stay at the Trout, only it probably wouldn’t be holy enough.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The holy book is not my favorite tome, but I know it well enough. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “She is holy,” Jeanne said, and the sharpness of her voice cut through William’s teasing like a scythe through summer hay. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The two moms greet each other and—holy moly—they really hit it off. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He stands and recites the blessing, shaking holy water on the threshold. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z However, she ordered the servant to give the holy Brahmin a white gown. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z She tucked Matt in and lit the holy candle in front of the statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not understand why his mother had to make this weary, miserable pilgrimage to an unknown place, to a strange man who was holy and was dying. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Fully half the villagers ran away from the manor road, but the other half ran toward it, making sure the priest and the holy water preceded them. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “So according to your theory,” said Shadow, “Walt Disney World would be the holiest place in America.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The Quakers, he argued, were infamous innocents incessantly disposed to drip their precious purity like holy water over everyone else’s sins. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Surely, holy warriors wouldn’t deny me that right?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z That familiar holy terror tore through her blood vessels and wrapped a vise grip around her heart. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A priest in the college cellar scatters holy water on the walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I took out the purple-and-gold welcome packet and held it up like the holy grail. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z This is what I had expected God to do at my first holy communion! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She poured the holy water out into her lap expecting a rainbow to come slithering from the bottle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is no privacy in this holy place.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But the Augurs, considered holy even then, saw in their visions that Taius’s line would one day fail. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This is one of the reasons that he became so holy. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I wasn’t as convinced that the chupacabras could be defeated with stakes and holy water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A treat, she’d said, for my birthday, which was the holy week of Easter. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “We are gathered here today to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He fell forward then clawed and crawled out of the holy water of the river onto the bank in front of me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We arrived smack dab in the middle of summer, far from the nearest holy day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to promise me this. It’s like a holy vow. If you don’t, I’m going to get up and leave right now.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Neighbors suggested their own remedies: arnica compresses, packed mud from a holy well, ground elephant tusk from the Niger to mix in her daily broth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then we’ll have holy smoke,” I said, and was in such a good mood I laughed at my own joke. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A holy or sacred place; a building or room for religious worship. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The Rabbi Jachanan, unable to keep silence any longer, begged the holy man to explain the meaning of his dealings with human beings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z After a visit to Italy in the spring of 1598, when he had an audience with the Pope and visited holy shrines, Ferdinand came back determined to wipe out the Protestant influence in Styria. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But I will often remember this day, O Illustrious One, and this hour when my eyes beheld a holy man.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I would chant all day to show how holy I was, and the monks would keep me from starving. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Who goes there?” demanded the sentry at the door, but seeing Robin and the friar, he allowed them to pass, thinking they were bent on some holy errand. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “But I promise you, Ashley—I swear on all that is holy—that when I unlock that chest, when I’m done with you, you’ll beg me to let you stay here and work for me.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I saw the priest from town come, and he rubbed the holy oil at my feet and prayed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You be careful,” said Esther, “how you talk to me. I ain’t the first girl’s been ruined by a holy man, neither.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Without raising his eyes, he could see her standing in the holy place, pleading the blood over those who sought there, her head thrown back, eyes shut, foot pounding the floor. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The first and most holy of the new wave of monumental churches. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Jesus, Mary and holy St. Joseph, if you don’t hurry with this child it won’t be born till the New Year and what good is that to me with me new dress? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And think of how that vessel was taken, shattered on the concrete, and all its holy contents, all that had gone into him, sent flowing back to the earth. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z With these words, a holy stamp was set on our desires. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Apollo enveloped him in a cloud and carried him to sacred Pergamos, the holy place of Troy, where Artemis healed him of his wound. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama placed the fresh palm fronds, which were wet with holy water, on the dining table and then went upstairs to change. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z States and governments could not buy and protect these holy trees. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The philosophical reasoning behind this is complex: in Muslim tradition, the idea of music as entertainment is looked upon as degrading; therefore, the holy Qur’an cannot be labeled as music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Bathe with these herbs for nine consecutive nights. Add the holy water and a drop of ammonia, then light the candle. On the last day, you will know what to do.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have no right to speak of those things. They’re holy.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The pamphlet described him as a “card-carrying member of the ACLU,” which it said was the equivalent of being “against everything moral, ethical, righteous, holy, Christian, Godly and patriotic.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s a holy freaking huge awesome deal. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z And hell upon those who shatter the holy vessel. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Yes, he thought, standing with bowed head, what remains from all that seems holy to us? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z We will forever worship on sacred and holy ground. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll take that last back as a holy lie,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was one of the ‘holy days of obligation’—a day on which I was obliged to go to morning mass, but for the rest of the day I was free— no school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Lee Chong sent his boxed and brittle grandfather over the western sea to lie at last in ground made holy by his ancestors. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “For the love of any holy thing you can remember, step back from me. I feel murder nudging my gizzard.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I genuflected at the font of holy water, wet my fingertips, and made the sign of the cross. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “What in seven holy bells happened to you two? You are a level mess.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was supposed to be something holy, for God's sake, when he sat down at the piano. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Stories were passed around camp with sick, almost holy reverence. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He saw joy in those faces, and holy excitement, and belief—and they all looked up to him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Please allow me to join this holy sisterhood. Let me begin now to prepare to take my vows. I will obey you in everything.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The feeling that they are holy objects is already starting to wear off. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And Ben would put this God on a street like River Street and he would have this God lift his voice in the holy song of Toomer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s going to tell us what it would be like if Our Lord had grown up in Limerick which has the Arch Confraternity of the Holy Family and is the holiest city in Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Now don’t you mess with me this morning,” Elisha said, “because you ain’t got so holy I can’t turn you over my knee. I’s your big brother in the Lord—you just remember that.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He was halfway through the first line of the Shema, our holiest prayer, and my head stopped hurting. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A young man who had worked at the dye vats in a mill claimed suddenly that a great holy power had come in him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They believed that holy wind would always defend Japan. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z This giant ate no meat at all, though he was a holy terror when served a basket of roots, crunching onions and turnips and even raw hard neeps between his big square teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Odin said nothing, save only, “No vengeance will be taken on Hod. Not yet. Not right now. Not at this time. We are in a place of holy peace.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The four representatives of the upper classes sat down wherever they could—there were only two stools—and stared at the holy man in receptive silence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you say? Do you have a daughter who has married well? Or a son who died in the holy city of Varanasi? We are not the same.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Toño is grateful also, I know, for on this slab of ancient wood, in this old and holy place, shoulders touching, I can feel my brother weeping. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z As for the train ride to New York — famous mountains lumbered by, famous rivers, plains, canyons, the whole holy American spectacle, without his looking up once. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the holy hymn taken from the bone and sinew of the family’s life together, the anthem of both their discontent and strange belabored love for their way of life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was then too that the holy men at Laguna and Acoma warned the people that the balance of the world had been disturbed and the people could expect droughts and harder days to come. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But she accedes to his wishes, as do I. As long as you can, you will please the father, the most holy and fragile animal. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z With his neatly groomed white beard and distinguished features, he had the bearing of a holy tzaddik. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Only the leaded windows look sacred and holy The other people are old and sit hunched like martyrs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It is the sweet water of the moon, my mother crooned softly, it is the water the Church chooses to make holy and place in its font. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But it turns out Axelroot could collect medals galore in the department of avoiding holy matrimony. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the door and followed the holy man down the hall; notably, the other Sons of the Six were gone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “You are dismissed. Have a happy and holy Christmas.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And he kissed John on the forehead, a holy kiss. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I had heard of the holy city all of my life. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She collected prayer cards and missals engraved with gold initials and filled glass jars with holy water, which she later used to baptize Ilda Limon’s chickens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My father had tried to keep his land holy and pure, but perhaps it was impossible. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not with half a pint of holy water inside them,” said Artemis, tapping the now empty whiskey bottle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I highly doubted a Hasidic holy man was hiding in the brick-and-metal heart of Chicago, much less that Frankie, coming from the opposing Misnagdic sect of Judaism, would want anything to do with one. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As if she reads my thoughts, Mother Ermentrude continues her lesson, saying, “Our wills, however, are corrupt and often lead us astray. But a will that is holy is a joy to submit to.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “That is in the stones also. Show you the holy dish some day, and all that Teach you arithmetic. Nice weather. Don’t have daughters unboiled every day. I think dinner will be ready.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that was one of the special, holy mountains of Japan. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She sprinkled the whole business with holy water that was supposed to have come from a well in Jerusalem from which it was said that Jesus had once quenched His thirst. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the green, scummy, holy water, I felt at peace. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In one of his rare curt letters, Lord Balon had written of his youngest brother going down in a storm, and turning holy when he washed up safe on shore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A statue of an angel; her arms were folded, and she was looking holy. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A decision I found myself regretting some hours later when I awoke to two sweaty, meaty hands shaking the holy hell out of me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Next he hung the paper on one of Thoth’s long sharp toenails and sprinkled it with more holy water. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The holy man’s mouth was set in a tight line, and a large vein near his temple throbbed dangerously. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Imbuing violence with holy meaning,” wrote the historian Iris Chang, “the Japanese imperial army made violence a cultural imperative every bit as powerful as that which propelled Europeans during the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I hoped that in a few years the taking of the first holy communion would bring me understanding. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I had sat mesmerized in the almost holy silence in which she worked, as she wove the needle in and out of stitches, forming pictures with thread. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z His golden breastplate shone like a holy light in all that dark. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He intoned a prayer and ended by sprinkling holy water over ElViejo. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are not very holy now,” she said, laughing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not get a job that would let me rest on Granny’s holy Sabbath. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Lord,” said Sister Price, “the Lord done raised you up a holy son. He going to comfort your gray hairs.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Do not fear! the Trementinas danced and sang, we are on the holy hill and we are saved. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They are the martyred heroines of a holy crusade for freedom and human dignity. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He carried his Holy Bible, his holy Quran. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are these needles holy?” he asked the man. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Manifest Herald newspaper office was about centered on Main Street and we walked into a holy mess. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We dipped our fingers in holy water, knelt, crossed ourselves like we’d done a thousand times, and I led Helena to a pew. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I don’t think this is holy ground anymore,” she said. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had left the last teacher he had met, even he, the greatest and wisest teacher, the holiest, the Buddha. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z But Roy had been begotten in the marriage bed, the bed that Paul described as holy, and it was to him the Kingdom had been promised. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z A priest sprinkles her daughter with holy water. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z By then we would be ready for confession Saturday and then the receiving of the sacrament on the most holy of days, Easter Sunday. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This oil was the only thing needed to perform the ritual, that and the holy authority resting in my father’s misshapen hands. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The river came through those hills and there were old Indian grounds there, holy burial grounds Jasón told me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a giant holy box of awkwardness, and I won’t pretend I’m looking forward to it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Alec held the strange weapon up as if it were some holy relic. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There were septons as well, and holy sisters in white robes and grey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I grew up on stories of holy men parting the river Bistrița, golems shaped from clay, and, of course, those possessive spirits called dybbukim. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But the curious thing was that under the king-past of keeping faith with himself and with others, he had a contradictory nature which was far from holy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am holiest. I am worthy,” the stranger said loudly. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “What in the name of all that’s holy are you doing?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Not with those swine, no. But there’s plenty that would if they got half a chance. They’re not so holy as they make out.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The priest recites the Latin prayers and sprinkles the coffin with holy water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z For it is not the least of its terrors that this evil thing is rooted deep in all good; in soil barren of holy memories it cannot rest.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I even like the metal taste of the holy water on my tongue. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Before the battle happened, a Cheyenne holy man predicted a victory in a battle against one hundred men. He said the warriors were holding ‘one hundred in the hands.’ In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z This was what was meant by a holy life, this was what the way of the cross demanded. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Aunt Addie was laughing, the first and only time I ever saw her laugh on God’s holy ground. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I was like the Christ child lifted out of the straw manger, crying with holy indignity. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Thank Saint Christopher, protector of travelers, guardian against storms, holy death, and toothaches. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And so over the course of the next hour, Colin shot the holy living hell out of the oak trees before him, pausing only to reload the gun and call his parents. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z So Bellerophon went to the holy place and when he was lying deep in slumber beside the altar he seemed to see the goddess standing before him with some golden thing in her hand. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In their saffron robes, sadhus, holy men, were everywhere. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The majority is always holy, is it not? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The eggs have cowrie-shell eyes and mouths, and soak in an elixir of herbs and holy water. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “If that is the will of R’hllor. Night’s powers cannot touch one whose heart is bathed in god’s holy fire.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had not yet been to catechism, nor had I made my first holy communion, but my mother had taught me the Act of Contrition. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also a holy place for washing and preparing, a last stop before reaching Sacred Sun City at Machu Picchu. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z If the holy Presence did not reside among judges there would be no justice in the world. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “I think a holy silence might best become her,” he said, and bowed his head. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He knew the holy men had their ways during the dry spells. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I ain't holy like you are, but I know right from wrong. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z In this he knew a certain strong and holy gladness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Where is the holy sound of clashing swords? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Faded holy cards for Saint Cecilia, patron of music; Saint Francis of Assisi, patron of the animals; and Saint Benedict the Moor, patron of dark peoples; Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the preacher offered his own holy words. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z My heart raced at the thought of this religious center where only the holiest of priests and the most beautiful of Sun Maidens lived, always in prayer and praise to Inti and the other gods. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Demons fear three things: cold iron, clean fire, and the holy name of God.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m unable to travel back to the Third World in my current condition. I barely made the journey to this holy hogan, and I have used almost all the medicine in my pouch.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I laughed with the others, thinking: A holy holiday for Clifton. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in the holy chalice awaiting us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We knew the priest would not let her be buried in the holy ground of the campo santo next to the church. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Luther accordingly had collected numerous popular contemporary folk tunes, given them holy words, and encouraged these hymns, or chorales, to be sung in Lutheran churches. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He gathers herbs from various jars, then reaches for a white votive candle and a bottle of holy water. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It also happened that curious people came along, who had been told that two wise men, magicians or holy men lived at the ferry. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let her name from now on be Wealtheow, or holy servant of common good.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a holy war, in case you haven’t noticed,” she spat. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z When I awoke, we had reached the holy city of Vrindavan. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z While Katie was putting up the lace curtains, Mary Rommely came over and sprinkled the rooms with holy water to drive out any devils that might be lurking in the corners. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Spring, summer, and fall— save certain holy days—my mother and I, like every other Stromford villager, worked his fields from dawn to dusk. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Ekon understood what was about to happen a second before the holy man’s mouth uttered the words. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In every direction the blunt, accustomed, holy fingers were spreading little tablecloths, or holding up books, or blessing each other thoroughly, or soaking each other with Holy Water, or reverently displaying God to the people. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Jerusalem was also a holy city for Jews and Muslims, and had been an Islamic city since the seventh century. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Rabbis resisted by conducting services on Jewish holy days. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Many years before, a holy man had lived there, meditating and fasting and praying, and the place was venerated for the sake of his memory. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes the holy cow looks like he is moving. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z This time I begged Him to gather me that I might join my mother in His holy Heaven. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I tried to look as holy as possible, but the white mantilla tickled my neck and the sides of my face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In efforts to cure her, concerned members of our town brought her holy water from seven holy rivers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Then what was this little brat doing with a greyhound in your grove? A greyhound with a white coat and a copper blaze on its nose? Is that not your holy dog?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Holism” suggests something biologically transcendental because of “holy,” although it was intended more simply to mean a complete assemblage of living units. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like a holy obligation, part of what makes her a wife and mother. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The minister blessed the grave and then sprinkled it with holy water. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The nuns expected us to ask for purity of soul, or a holy life. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Like many medieval pilgrims, Constance believes that her prayers will be heard if they are spoken in a sacred place — in this case, by a holy well. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Within its metal confines he raised holy hell, throwing himself around, exhausting the assistant starters, and reminding everyone of Hard Tack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Flying Priest bombarded demons with holy water that ate holes in their scaly hides. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen evil, and so I carried the evil within me, and the holy sacraments of confession and the holy eucharist were far away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I've hated the mask since the day an Augur—an Empire holy man—handed it to me in a velvet-lined box. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Some of the holy water landed on my lips, and I tasted the stale saltiness of it as we prayed. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The holy blood itself is seen as purifying: purging the evil, the weak and the sinful. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Absolutely. It’s a certain cult of the Hasidics: the Jewish Acid-Heads. There’s like a part of their holy writings that tells them it’s the way to talk to God. But he took it too far.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Then rising an octave like “The Star-Spangled Banner”: “God stirred up the holy spirit of a man named Daniel!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Again Mary Rommely came and sprinkled the flat with holy water. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man clears his throat, and his face takes on an expression still more holy. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But with the rise and spread of Islam, those holy lands were no longer ruled by Christians. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z And maybe if I’d admitted that, yeah, those songs had felt holy, like they had been touched by God, that’s all it would take. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Katherine gives the man a small smile and takes a mincing step back, putting a few additional inches between her and the holy man. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Shouldn’t we go to church first? Maybe a priest should bless me or something, you know, to make me holy.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Nobody showed the way, nobody knew it—neither his father, nor the teachers and wise men, nor the holy songs. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The speaker was the old blind prophet Teiresias, the holy man of Thebes who knew as no one else the will of the gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At lunch in the auditorium, Quentin fingered them like they were holy artifacts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was then I saw that the walls and ceilings were covered with images of holy souls. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Too much knowledge had hindered him; too many holy verses, too many sacrificial rites, too much mortification of the flesh, too much doing and striving. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “No aggressive behavior in this holy hogan. If you would sit down, my friend,” she said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I based the portrait on the Old Master pictures of saints Mr. Reilly showed me where the holy undead are in a magical garden. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This, in a holy nutshell, is Hinduism, and I have been a Hindu all my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Donning a gridiron helmet, a white scarf and goggles, Howard slipped behind the wheel and put on a holy show. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The elfin nun from Santo Domingo is crazy about saints, often identifying the holy ones long before the Vatican even contemplates their canonization. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he made Ken kneel before the altar of Thoth and press the paper to Thoth’s forehead, while Toby sprinkled them both with holy water from the tuna can. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She says gods live in everything, in the whole wide world, so every place you are is holy. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Now he is buried with our prayers in the holy earth of the pueblo’s graveyard, along with others of our family. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I handled it only rarely, like a holy relic. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The holy woman told Xuthus that the priest wished to speak to him, and when he was gone she held out to Ion what she was carrying. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mom had refused to have children unless Dad agreed to raise them as Catholics and to attend church himself on holy days of obligation. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Only I feel it when the child moves while I am reciting prayers with the sisters, “Pray for us, O holy mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Like a holy procession they returned to the village, the boy and the girl and the newborn twins and the cow and the cat. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Siddhartha knew many worthy Brahmins, above all his father—holy, learned, of highest esteem His father was worthy of admiration; his manner was quiet and noble. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Bless him in a good, positive, holy way so that he will be successful and bring back medicine for this ailing water monster. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Whether it was a real grave or not, this was a piece of holy ground close by the remains of my mother and father. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I was afraid the holy water would burn my fingers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It came to him that it was like the holy candle in front of the Virgin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Jerusalem, the holy city of the Jews and the Christians, had fallen. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z During passage through several thousand years it transformed into hail, hale, health, hallow, holy, whole, and heal, and all of these still move together through our minds. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After the priest sprinkled holy water over Anna’s casket, Mollie guided her family and the other mourners to a cemetery in Gray Horse, a quiet, isolated spot overlooking the endless prairie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was the feast of the Epiphany, a holy day of obligation, so Papa did not go to work. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Had the man looked through another peephole he might have said, “Saints and angels and martyrs and holy men,” and he would have meant the same thing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no doubt that Ultima could walk by the way of the holy cross. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the Bath minister asked if the bereaved would like to come forward and speak some words to the assembled congregation about this good man, comforting others through an account of this holy man’s homegoing. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Besides the Virgin’s blue robe, it was the holiest cloth on earth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She bought rosaries and scapulars and little vials of holy water from the vendors as we walked to the car. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “The sisters loved Ignatius. He was such a darling child. He used to win all them little holy pictures for knowing his catechism.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In that holy race, sickness and deathly old age had no part. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I could have reached out into the water and touched the holy fish! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We must never forget, as the Japanese forgot, that all life is holy. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was on such a holiday that Robert Fumulani, the holy father of Malawian reggae music, came to sing at Dowa District Hall, and my father—then twenty-two years old—was determined to go. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “He used to act more like a holy guy or something when he first got over here. He never cursed or anything like that.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the wonder in the boy’s eyes she collected herself and asked him who he was, so young and yet seemingly so dedicated to this high service in Greece’s holy of holies. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter had let it be known when she first arrived that she was a holy woman engaged in meditation and prayer, and under a vow never to speak to a man. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I wanted to know, but it seemed like a holy ritual I shouldn’t interrupt. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not want to be associated with the issue of a campesina who had had no respect for the holy banns of matrimony or for the good name of Mirabal. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This father was a good man, a kind gentle man, perhaps a pious man, perhaps a holy man—but all these were not qualities which could win the boy. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know well in my heart and in my soul,” he said to his wife Andromache, “the day shall come when holy Troy will be laid low and Priam and Priam’s people.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, child. Angels aren’t pretty pictures in old holy books, just like monsters aren’t ugly pictures. It’s all just people, doing hard things or doing bad things. But is all just people, our people.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The priest sprinkled the door with holy water and threw it open. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Surely this is no fit matter for your holy tale.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Come, holy spirit, Come, holy spirit, Lord bless us, Us, your children. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Bible was no more to be trusted than any other religions holy book. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mystified by the fact that a Martial holy woman wants, for some reason, to help me, I’m stunned into silence. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Calvin says, “Well, it is a holy cow. Sort of. It’s called an aurochs. It’s like an ox. Or the ancestor to our cattle. But the aurochs is extinct now. You know. Gone forever.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “It’s like that in Shakespeare too. ‘If thou dost break her virgin knot before all sanctimonious ceremonies may with full and holy rite . Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She said she just liked to sit in holy spaces. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Lies! my father shouted, Antonio was not baptized in the holy water of the moon, but in the salt water of the sea! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I got to be in the mood,” I said, trying to feel holy. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I smelled her wafer smell and I knew I was in the presence of the holy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked around the altar backwards three times sprinkling holy water. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I didn’t do that well at yeshiva, but copying the passages down in class felt kind of holy, the same kind of magic as the letters appearing on the press. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He saw Kamala’s songbird in its cage; he lived it all over again, breathed Samsara, was again old and tired, again felt nausea and the desire to die, again heard the holy Om. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain numbers were holy or evil, according to the kabbalists—and they looked through the Bible for these numbers and for hidden messages found by scanning through it in various ways. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They ran to the holy places they asked what might be done. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Its Ark was a gutted mass of charred wood, its four Torah scrolls were seared black, its holy books were piles of gray ash blown about by the wind. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z His brother had sworn a holy oath of fealty; this half promise was the very best he could offer him as an anointed warrior. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The holy darkness of church never frightened me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The rope was thick in my hands, and I could feel the holy prayers that it held. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The santero dips his middle finger in holy water and sprinkles it on the floor to refresh the shells. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z No, their married bed would be holy, and their children would continue the line of the faithful, a royal line. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I don't believe in baptism or the waters of Jordan or anything like that, but I guess I feel about a hot bath the way those religious people feel about holy water. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The trying forty days of Lent lay ahead of us, then the shining goal, Easter Sunday and first holy communion! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am not a heathen. And no. There are no holy dogs in the Tanakh.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was dark in his bedroom, except for the one light in front of the holy picture, and he was pacing the floor in a dressing-gown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knows Limerick is the holiest city in Ireland because it has the Arch Confraternity of the Holy Family, the biggest sodality in the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He begged all assembled to believe the Bible as God’s holy word, as the truth about creation, not Charles Darwin. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sight of the cross and at the sound of those holy words the three sisters fell to the ground in a fit of agony and pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Medieval sites were often associated with holy springs or wells that had been considered sacred in pre-Christian times. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The holiest of temples were his to command, as well as the Sun Maidens and all other shaman priests. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I never knew people could care so much about the dramas surrounding high school basketball, but holy hell, it was apparently a very big deal. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Helena comes through the door holding out our soup pot like it’s full of holy water. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She’s so holy her husband ran off to Canada to cut down trees, glad to be gone and never to be heard from again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then, during a holy trance, Felicia spoke of her days in a far-off town. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Patron Saint of Gallarate: Saint Christopher, who watches over travelers, children, and bachelors, and protects against storms, holy death, and toothaches. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z "It's the first verse from the holy Koran. You do know that it is our holy book?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z At the very center of our community, this holy place tied us together as a working unit and made us strong. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “My father doesn’t, either. At least, I don’t think he does. He thinks Yiddish is almost holy. But it’s really from Middle German.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z These were the people I wanted to laugh with, to say, How in holy hell did we all get here? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As soon as we entered the church, we dipped our fingers in holy water and made the sign of the cross. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “What an idea! The longer the beard, the holier the prophet.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one word, one syllable, which without thinking he spoke indistinctly, the ancient beginning and ending of all Brahmin prayers, the holy Om, which had the meaning of "the Perfect One” or "Perfection.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Hari went on, “If I am very lucky, I will die in Varanasi so that my ashes will be scattered over the holy Ganges River; then my spirit will be free.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z When the priest stepped down and walked around the coffin sprinkling holy water at the four corners of it, a woman sitting across the aisle sobbed wildly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, as my eyes adjusted to the dimmer light of the room, I made out the plastic statuettes and holy pictures of saints which cluttered the bureau top. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Beauty sleep hardly seems important for someone who filters the holy hell out of her photos, but what Harriett does for the ’gram is her business—literally. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Not that there’s any way in holy hell I’m telling my parents about the alcohol. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The holy beams backlit him, so that Turner could barely make out his face. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He pointed to the church where the priest desecrated the altar by pouring the blood of dead pigeons into the holy chalice. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She brought home a large jar of holy water from the cathedral. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “The churches used to bathe their special statues in holy water as a way to honor them,” she said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He dropped down and started doing push-ups, trying to keep these hours holy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t give alms but on holy days! And never in my hall! Begone, you pile of vilth! Knights! Eject him!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He could barely look at her, afraid that on close scrutiny she might dissolve into sainthood and be blown like holy pollen into the sky. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the stained glass windows all around us depicting several holy scenes. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Nick has a holy buttload of stuffed animals lined up around his feet. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z And he knew that he had been thrust out of the holy, the joyful, the blood-washed community, that his father had thrust him out. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Don’t you think Mami and Papi would want you to be safe, at a convent with holy sisters looking after you?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z For some time I stay in bed without moving, in the absolute and holy stillness. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Next, she twisted the candles into the small brass holders, filled the font with stale holy water, put a small oriental rug in front of the altar, and positioned Michael strategically to the far left. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The brave bands of Texans did indeed wrest their liberty from Mexico, and freedom, liberty, are holy words. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It is also nothing new that the holy Presence resides among five. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “The holy greyhound? A holy dog? Christians worship dogs?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There is no music like that music, no drama like the drama of the saints rejoicing, the sinners moaning, the tambourines racing, and all those voices coming together and crying holy unto the Lord. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I doubt if the demoness would have had a “heathen” god inside her kitchen but a holy man was a different matter. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And this filled him for a moment with a holy rage—that she stood, so brazen, in the congregation of the righteous and refused to bow her head. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z When the sisters say the prayer of the Virgin, I am the mother of beautiful love, and of fear, and of greatness, and of holy hope, I picture Mother Ermentrude. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Our holy men have better things to do, like locking themselves up in caves and reading sheep entrails. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "I would like to heed the wishes of my people, Mother, but I took a holy vow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At home, there were holy pictures on a wall of nearly every room, and a crucifix hung over my bed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re tired of slave religion, by which the White Man convinces the Black that servitude is holy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But for Bull and Lillian, it was the hymn that made this night a holy night for all time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers are wet, freshly dipped in the holy water, and she raises them to my forehead. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Greetings, oh holy Aspirant,” Tristas calls out when he sees me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This is one of the reasons that he became so holy. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z But Helene has always had a particular fascination with the holy men—it's no surprise that she hoped they'd come to graduation. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then we kept it down to hopping like holy rollers, excited to take our turn on the phone. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Many verses of the holy books, above all the Upanishads of Sama-Veda spoke of this innermost thing. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Given Brum’s interest in the dip of her neckline, she doubted his thoughts were particularly holy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was the gaze of a seer, of a holy oracle whose power and authority were drawn from the very universe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She had been commander of the six seraphim, according to legend—and holy book—and her temple stood just across a broad boulevard from the guildhall. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It depressed holy hell out of me, and I kept wanting to throw mine out or something, or even trade with him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The holiest pilgrimage of all was to Palestine, now Israel, where Jesus Christ lived and died. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I was excited at the thought of seeing such a holy city, but puzzled. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The conflict, portrayed by both the Catholics and the Protestants as a holy war, was more an exploitation of religious fanaticism by those hungry for land and power. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is nothing new that the holy Presence resides among ten. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And when they were a little older he would impress upon them that there was no God, but that their lives were holy and for each one of them there was this real true purpose. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I hesitate—my dad is a doctor, after all, and holy unhygienic, Batman!—but then she starts wiggling it and making her eyebrows dance. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “You haven’t seen Heaven yet—even you can look at this one, Nell. It’s Blake, and a bit stern, I think, but obviously better than Hell. Listen—‘Holy, holy, holy! The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “All right...Sweet holy shitstickers, it tastes like you're washing down a bite of corn with a pint of lighter fluid.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The Saudi Arabian government had borrowed him from the United Nations to direct all of the reconstruction work being done on Arabian holy places. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I look up at the olden face, luminous and holy. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I sat thinking of Aunt Addie, her stern face, her forbidding nature, her caution, her restraint, her keen struggle to be good and holy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to him so lax, so nearly worldly; they were not like those holy prophets of old who grew thin and naked in the service of the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z At the house of the sick person, usually a cousin or aunt or uncle of ours, I put a holy look on my face. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At these times, she resembled a biblical prophet, her face clouded over, her immense body trembling with holy rage, one finger thrust like a spear straight at the sinner’s heart. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z If they considered me some sort of hero or holy man, it gave me useful leverage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For that matter, I knew that my waking hours were far from holy. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z What were they supposed to do after they had visited the flowers and the Church of the Nativity and the other holy spots lined up like pearly buttons across the stony ground? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The holy Scripture says, “A little child shall lead them.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t lie! This is not only a school, but God’s holy ground,” she said with angry indignation. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “The great and holy Rabban Gamaliel,” he said, “taught us the following: ‘Do His will as if it were thy will, that He may do thy will as if it were His will. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It was not wise to mention the names of witches without warding off their evil with the sign of the holy cross. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know the answer to that, but I can tell you this: The Mesarthim were powerful, but they were nothing holy.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He smiled suddenly, as if a holy vision had exploded in his head. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z On the holy card was a picture of the little Jesus of Atocha sitting on a high wooden chair. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z One Sunday during the weekly family dinner, my mother caught her preparing my grandfather's whiskey-and-water with holy water from the jar. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Yes, my Antonio, she smiled, we who were baptized in the water of the moon which was made holy by our Holy Mother the Church are saved. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He had grabbed one of my hands and he clutched it tightly, as if some holy power was going to pass through it and absolve him of his sins. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was behind our tent, praying on my knees in front of the baby Jesus holy card. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It stared upward from his Bible: there was no word in all that holy book which did not make him tremble. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Mack peered into his empty glass as though some holy message were written in the bottom. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z No, in the name of all that’s holy, it has to be chicken pox, a child’s disease, a disease that doesn’t even kill children on Earth! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Torah is mayim, water; the great and holy rabbis always compare Torah to water. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Again, I know I will pierce the crust into that holy light. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z And rising up from these royal, liquid, silken bedsheets of a holy bay is a mountain, right in the middle. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She was a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of the pupils and teachers alike. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z In a few hours, once the dawn breaks anew, citizens will gather to begin their observance of the Bonding, a holy day in which we celebrate our connection to the gods of this land. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He took out a bottle of holy water from a pack he had carried up the mountain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing the reverence of Eril-Fane’s tone, he understood that it was a holy text. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then, as if some thief had sneaked up behind me and robbed me of everything I had always believed to be right and holy, I felt a terrible thing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Not counting Holy Week, Sundays, holy days of obligation, first Fridays, retreats, sacrifices, and cyclical impediments, her effective year was reduced to forty-two days that were spread out through a web of purple crosses. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When I looked into the temples, I could see the holy sadhus sitting in long rows, bare chested, their heads shaven, holding sacred lamps and accompanying their chanting with bells. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Usually he stuck to such phrases as "by jingo” and "holy Moses.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I can see it. You would have been the holy terror.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Mom sat me down last year to talk about my “holy body” and how sex was a gift I should only give to my husband. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z At least Mom let us leave without dumping a vat of holy water on June. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Despite feeling like he’s desecrating a holy relic, he flips it over and runs a hand along the bottom. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “How is this chapel holy if no one prays here any longer?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It’s her own medal of Saint Christopher—protector o travelers, guardian against storms, holy death, and toothaches. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “The fifth obligation of every Muslim is a pilgrimage. We are obliged, at least once in our lives, to visit the holy city of Mecca. “Mecca is a lot farther away than the Pyramids. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The old holy man offered the faintest touch of a smile. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z To him strawberries were a holy mystery, jewels of sugar, deep red gems, sweet orbs, succulent rubies. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And she moved, therefore, through their small community like a woman mysteriously visited by God, like a terrible example of humility, or like a holy fool. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “I’ve always bragged about you two as being the ‘greatest pair of brains ever wedded in holy matrimony,’” an old Army friend wrote after reading the book, “and I never was wrong.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I had studied the Quran, our holy book, since I was five; and my parents sent me to a madrasa for religious studies in the afternoons when school finished. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was nothing holy or particular in my skin; I was black because of history and heritage. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Arethusa plunged down and emerged in Ortygia, where the place in which her spring bubbles up is holy ground, sacred to Artemis. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We were each assigned a narrow cell with a cot, a crucifix on the wall, and a fount of holy water at the door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All holy hell breaks loose on his face as it erupts into a smile and then in a flash he’s up the path, the steps, and in the studio. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And holy hell, writing a letter is definitely better than doing one of those stupid art projects where Sister has me paint my feelings. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Latin’s great theatrical charm, its sacred power, was that it could translate human aspiration to a holy tongue. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you return,” she said, “I have only to touch you and I will share in your darshan, your sight of the holy Ganges. That is all I ask.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Not like he had at first, during those early days and weeks when the church seemed to lift him right off the ground, when a new and holy life had felt possible. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Some people claimed that he was a holy man who had come down from the mountains to save the city in its darkest hour. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The people of the village loved him, and soon his reputation as a holy man began to spread throughout all of Poland. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He contorts in a very peaceful, very holy way I think it’s the first chance in a long time the father’s had to say thank you. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It almost worked, thanks to the undeniably holy powers of a hot guy with a skateboard. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A month ago Sitting Bull had conducted a Sun Dance, the most holy and powerful of Dakota ceremonies. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z It was not the biggest church in Harlem, nor yet the smallest, but John had been brought up to believe it was the holiest and best. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Black crepe hung in swags around the walls, and hundreds of holy candles glittered in a rack at one end of the room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Gwen and her cousins ran through Charles’s study to get outside, but it felt “faintly holy and sinister, like a church.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked in, took off their gloves, dipped their fingers in the holy water, made the sign of the cross, genuflected to the crucifix, then found a pew and knelt in prayer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z And yet even so, holy and awesome though they were, they kept the mark of what they had sprung from. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun browned his slender shoulders on the river bank, while bathing at the holy ablutions, at the holy sacrifices. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z If he could not find help there, in the holiest place of Greece, he could find it nowhere. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is a holy place. Yield, and we—” The giant bellowed again, a sound that shook the leaves in the trees, and slammed his maul against the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now came the soul of Antikleia, dead, my mother, daughter of Autolykos, dead now, though living still when I took ship for holy Troy. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "She was a demon. As soon as my father was out of the way she became a holy terror. My life was a nightmare." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Not hushed, like the Abnegation speak, always treading holy ground and trying not to disturb. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s one of my days to fast,” she would say, as if it were a holy thing, but I knew it was because there was not enough food to go around. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I felt purged and holy and ready for a new life. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The mulefa were planting a grove around it, because it was a holy place, they said; they would maintain it forever; it was a source of joy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The holy water would purify the home again so that God might come in if He chose. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So, far as this being the Lord’s work, I’m-a have to take his word for it, ’cause it jus’ don’t sum up that nothing holy would be tied up in something that smelt this bad. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Where in the name of all that’s holy did you get to?” she asked. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z This is followed by a triumphant fanfare and then the introduction of a gende, holy organ. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He says, Go to sleep, boys, because holy God is watching you and He always knows if you’re not good. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was sort of a holy moment, and the light that shone around them seemed to glow softly, like something you’d see in one of the stained glass windows at Saint Andrew’s. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Sorry, son, had to stop for a minute for a visit from our holy man, Aaron.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It didn’t eat holes in ElViejo’s suit, the way the Flying Priest’s holy water ate through demons on TV. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I dare to step closer, violating the holy space that surrounds me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “It cannot reach the Lord though it will trespass on his holy place!” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Odysseus then must go down and find the spirit of the prophet Teiresias who had been the holy man of Thebes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The lids were wet from the holy water, which made the baby look as if he’d been crying. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I was to hear the confessions of the silent people of the valley, and I was to administer the holy Sacrament to them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He opens his eyes to catch the boys who are giggling but he can’t say anything because he still has God on his tongue and it’s a holy moment. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z All around me are the cherubim, seraphim, continually crying “Holy, holy, holy,” the angels, archangels, that sort of thing. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z It rose flapping its wings and disappeared into the clouds, to a send-off of applause, whistlings, handkerchiefs, drumrolls, and the sprinkling of holy water. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not understand the dreams I had at night, but I knew that they were not holy. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Tucker had said Miles was awful with cars, and I thanked all that was holy that this hadn’t happened while we were on the interstate. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He was a kind of fill-in speaker, a holy handyman. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Removing the Western clothing in which the body had been on display, Sheik Hassoun washed the body with special holy oil. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Never, since the time our Illustrious Gotama passed ^ into Nirvana, have I ever met a man with the exception of Siddhartha about whom I felt: This is a holy man! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Like other hangover-remedy purveyors, Mr. Peschko acknowledged that while a cure for hangovers is the holy grail, after one too many drinks there is no way to escape the pain. New Products to Treat Hangovers 2011-12-28T22:30:28Z But as television continues to search for its holy grail – a critical and popular successor to Inspector Morse – Banks is not the only literary detective to be making a television appearance this season. DCI Banks: the case of the literary TV detectives 2010-09-27T11:46:00Z Playing a character often called Sister Woman, Ms. Sherwood tries to ingratiate herself by bearing a litter of Big Daddy’s grandchildren — a bunch of spoiled holy terrors memorably excoriated as “no-neck monsters.” Madeleine Sherwood, actress in ‘The Crucible,’ ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’ dies at 93 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Smart Students Go After Intel’s Science Prize Three enterprising high schoolers blaze a path to the holy grail of science contests in “Whiz Kids,” an unabashed celebration of geekitude, idealism and the will to win. | 'Whiz Kids': Smart Students Go After Intel?s Science Prize 2010-06-04T00:17:00Z One anonymous critic proclaimed that Beethoven, a “son of the gods,” had “brought the holy, life-giving flame directly from heaven.” Books of The Times: Harvey Sachs?s ?Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824? 2010-06-17T21:09:00Z Beauty contracts are modeling’s holy grail — highly visible and lucrative. Why Does the Beauty Industry Ignore Curvy Models? 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z According to National Geographic, the Talmud, a Jewish holy text, states that Hanukkah acknowledges the Maccabean revolt the Hebrews led against the Hellenistic influence that was being imposed by Greco-Syrian Seleucid rulers. How people celebrate Hanukkah around the world 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z That is not a message Muslims learn in our holy book, the Qur'an, nor is the face veil prescribed by the majority of Muslim scholars. Is France right to ban the burka in public? | Debate 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z That’s Joan of Arc, the teenage French warrior and holy avatar, who is played here most credibly by a rough-hewed Grace Van Patten. Review: Glenn Close Raises a Saint in ‘Mother of the Maid’ 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z You felt his players were recounting this violent ritual of "holy spring" as much as playing it. Civic Orchestra, Chicago Youth Symphony have the 'Rite' stuff 2011-06-01T14:55:54Z “La Source” is a fascinating exercise, a tantalizing proposition to a ballet world always in search of its holy grail: the successful full-length production, which audiences appear to crave. Guillaume Bart’s ‘La Source,’ From Paris Opera Ballet 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z One obstacle for Horizons was that the cultural need for a women’s theater gradually seemed less urgent than it was in the 1970s, when, Jacobson says, “it really felt like a holy mission.” D.C.’s women’s theaters, emerging on the cheap 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z “It’s the holy grail for hospitality,” said Dana Kalczak, the vice president of design for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. The Getaway: From Airlines to Hotels, a Quest to Help You Sleep 2014-03-26T16:27:35Z The fiery, holy sounds of Aretha shouting the good news, shadowed by the Southern California Community Choir, sometimes filled the house well into the night. The soul songs that saved me: Sexuality, the South, sadness, meet Al Green and Aretha 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Without denying its religious sense and roots, Ms. Rice is looking to awaken us to the ways in which the ordinary and unexpected might also be holy. Weekend Miser: ‘Saints Tour’ Theatrical Walk, in River to River Festival 2012-07-05T18:14:51Z But the heart of the show is their steadfast if pathetic friendship, and arguments like the one about the holy grail of metal detecting — a Saxon hoard? Review: ‘Detectorists’ on BBC and Acorntv Hope to Unearth a Fortune 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z "It was this holy of holies, and having come up the community dance route I wasn't part of that world at all." Ballet's rock star 2011-01-02T00:03:05Z Its prose accretes the oracular weight of a holy text as it evokes the genesis of Little Boy’s lonely consciousness, and it exempts itself from pedestrian laws of punctuation to support the versifying rhythm. What We’re Reading This Summer 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z When I took that rope whip into my hands, I was scared, I was excited, I hoped that I was on my way to conquering my selfishness and becoming a holy person. Was Mother Teresa a masochist? 2013-04-30T16:04:00Z The process of going through her belongings together, treating them with respect and gratitude even if they were headed for the dumpster, was a singularly holy endeavor. How hoarding and tidying up defined the decade 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Amfortas, leader of the knights, was stabbed by the sorcerer Klingsor with the holy spear, and has a wound that can never heal. Parsifal: Wagner's 'Buddhist piece' 2011-02-10T22:00:00Z The production company hesitated, but he stuck to his guns — well, to his holy water and wooden stakes. Does Harvey Guillén, of ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ Look Familiar? 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z "Yeah, which is the holy grail: 'It's avant-garde but it's scary at the same time!'" DJ /rupture: how to sing like a sufi 2013-03-26T18:59:01Z The good Catholic fighter challenged “Cassius X” to a holy war, announcing that he would fight him anytime, anywhere, even though the ninth-ranked heavyweight was in no position to proclaim himself a title contender. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z But before you despair over that ominous title, read what Lemle has to say about the still-mirthful holy man, who may indeed be the last in his line. "The Last Dalai Lama": The spiritual leader gets deep into neuroscience in new doc 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z One of the purposes of The Rest Is Noise festival is to do away with the cult of genius – the 19th century idea of the composer as a holy, untouchable figure. The Rest Is Noise festival to launch at Southbank Centre in 2013 2012-11-27T15:56:26Z Others might be concerned that any study of Indian holy men and holy places, especially by a foreigner, is in danger of exoticising what should be properly looked at as a forward-looking modern nation. India: A Sacred Geography by Diana L Eck – review 2012-07-27T07:00:02Z On separate days, we saw the city’s two major stupas, enormous half-dome holy edifices built on square bases and topped by pointed spires painted with four sets of Buddha’s all-seeing eyes. A breathtaking Himalayan journey to ‘the rooftop of the world’ 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z He walks a fine line between public nuisance and menace, holy fool and extremely annoying person. Francis Al?s treads the thin green line 2010-06-14T20:30:00Z "It's a holy corner of film history — and a living, breathing library for an entire art form. Please don't f**k with @tcm." Turner Classic Movies holds our cinematic past. Does it have a future under Warner Bros. Discovery? 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Today, though still one of the country's holiest sites, Koya-san is attracting visitors for less pious reasons: the temple accommodation run by its monks. Mountain High: Find Bliss at Koya-San 2011-02-24T11:10:00Z Of Bellow’s mind, Amis writes it was as if “everything that was beautiful or holy had been looted or wrecked.” In Fiction, Martin Amis Summons His Literary Friends and Role Models 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z And sometimes it wasn’t: The soprano Julia Bullock did nothing clearly faith-based, but nonetheless touched everything she sang with radiant, even holy, sobriety. Review: Resonant Bodies Festival Blends Freedom With Radiance 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z I was up a 5:00 in the morning trying to do my Peloton thing, then I crawled off of the bike and I put your special on and I'm like, holy f**k. Comedian Eric Andre: "This country's got a s**tty history" 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The work’s finale is a monologue delivered by the opera’s hero, the cobbler Hans Sachs, that is a rousing defense of “holy German art,” and a warning that it must be safeguarded against foreign incursions. A ‘Gay Jewish Kangaroo’ Takes on Wagner at Bayreuth 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z This used to be called being “holier than thou” and is now called “virtue signalling” by people who think it’s cool to despise virtue. Culture wars: what the row over vegan nursery meals is really all about 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest sites, is a remnant of the compound of the Second Temple that was destroyed nearly 2,000 years ago. Ruins of Jerusalem hall shed light on Roman-era gatherings 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z And about those bookstores — those holy, papery pockets of goodness and light — the next time you visit one, especially in these next weeks, buy something, right there on the spot. Amazon?s Evil Price Check App: Kicking Bookstores While They?re Down 2011-12-08T20:16:15Z In Pictures: Best Fall Foliage Drives New England is still the holy grail of fall-foliage pilgrims. Beautiful Fall Foliage Drives 2010-10-26T22:00:00Z While the likes of "Bolt" and "Kung Fu Panda" offered all the magic of a trip to the mall, Cartoon Saloon's breakout almost seemed holy by comparison. "Wolfwalkers": Cartoon Saloon’s Irish folklore trilogy ends with the best animated film of the year 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z In what was fast becoming a post-record label world, with all 20th century music business certainties dissolving, Glastonbury was becoming a cosmic vessel – a holy grail – into which all rock history was passing. Paul Morley talks to Elly Jackson of La Roux about Glastonbury 2010-06-23T13:39:00Z "Lebowski's" unique strangeness attracts a core following, and over time that following spread the holy word, creating fan fests and cultism. Sony's North Korea film 'The Interview': Can it achieve cult status? 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Throw in a buzzing bar scene and nearby beaches of sun-bronzed bodies and you have a city fit for holy men and hedonists alike. 36 Hours in Lecce, Italy 2013-08-08T19:58:46Z Most of us take the Declaration for granted or ignore it; we enshrine it as holy writ, or we deride it as the self-serving testament of a bunch of white, male slave-owning hypocrites. Two cheers for the Declaration of Independence: The weird, contradictory and radical vision of human equality that America couldn’t handle 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z When he tells me this, it is akin to finding the holy grail. Looking for Robin 2010-04-14T07:00:00Z A Renaissance humanist but also a disciple of the sin-obsessed Savonarola, he abandoned art as corruptingly worldly after taking holy orders, then picked it up again, using it as a vehicle for spiritual exploration. Art Review: ‘Dürer to de Kooning,’ at the Morgan Library 2012-10-11T23:02:45Z Jeremy Bloom’s sound design is filled with the bleats and moos of livestock, some of which, we are always aware, are fated to be holy sacrifices. Theater Review: ‘Job,’ at the Flea Theater 2012-09-20T02:00:00Z So is it any wonder that this year’s season finale left many of its main characters dead, probably dead, possibly dead, wishing for death or about to rain holy hell on her enemies? Bring out your dead: the 'Game of Thrones' season finale 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z The shoot took place last May, during the holy month of Ramadan, a difficult time for a Muslim rapper to make a video celebrating food. A New Role for Madhur Jaffrey: Rap Grandma 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z In the silence of the afternoon, I envisioned Greeks in long robes worshiping at this most holy site, their temple to Hera. Discovering the Ruins of Italy’s Ionian Coast 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z About the pea-soup vomiting of “The Exorcist,” she says, “It’s weird to think that as recently as the 1970s religious leaders were throwing holy water on adolescent girls with eating disorders.” Books of The Times: ?Damned? by Chuck Palahniuk - Review 2011-10-19T22:45:01Z I was like, holy s**t, it's there. Damon Young on wooing with Wu-Tang, teaching Whiteness 101 and how survival "makes you blacker" 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The issue is Tartuffe, a holy poser who is bamboozling Orgon practically out of house and home. Taking on a fanatic with zeal in Molière’s ‘Tartuffe’ 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Instead of holy elegance, it dishes up a melange of Gothic, baroque and neoclassical — architectural styles that don’t usually get along. Oxford: Where time is fluid, Latin is far from dead and every stone tells a story 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z It’s not some kind of holy superglue assigned to monogamous couples. Let’s have an open relationship, my girlfriend said … 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z What, in the holy name of the lord above, is sliving? 'Spoons are so brutal!' Paris Hilton's cooking show is a rare work of comic genius 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z She trusts, instead, in the holy power of a humane story told in one lucid sentence after another. J. Courtney Sullivan’s ‘Saints for All Occasions’ is this year’s best book about family 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Monty gathered investors, permissions and a team, and in 1909 the “Parker expedition” started digging in Jerusalem for the ark, a holy relic whose value — immeasurable — Monty promised to split with the Ottoman government. What Happens When Everyone Is Writing the Same Book You Are? 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Produced by the team that made 2005's The Exorcism of Emily Rose, the new film is designed to shake a God-fearing sanctity, a little holy hell, back into recovering communicants. 'The Rite' Review: Anthony Hopkins Speaks of the Devil 2011-01-28T09:30:00Z “Avicii became like a holy thing. And it got people like us to church.” A Church Remembers Avicii, With Hits Instead of Hymns 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z But there, amidst this holy place shining like a neon trailer park sign, something — a new wish — stirred inside me. Becoming a mother at 50, after a lifetime of saying I didn’t want kids 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z A meme that does both, Mr. Purzycki said, is “the holy grail.” Memers Have a New Campaign Aimed at Getting Trump Out of Office 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z The book’s title is derived from St. Andrews in Scotland, the publicly owned historic course that serves as golf’s holiest shrine and is the site of this year’s British Open. ‘America’s St. Andrews:’ a golfing gem in Pierce County 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z That to me is the holy grail of all The Three Stooges locations. Three Stooges, 190 short films, one new photo book 2012-12-18T13:16:17Z They are tender, intricate line drawings, almost holy. George Shaw 2011-02-13T00:05:02Z Because our world will become more kind, and hopeful, and even holy, if we do. Protect the sacred lives of women: To be pro-life, you must change your life 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z "He was shocked he'd inadvertently fasted on the holiest day of the year. He saw it as a sign. A bunch of his colleagues wound up in Vietnam. Some never came back." Why my father fasted on Yom Kippur: On survival, memory, and the power of a family story 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z One of the four holy mountains of Chinese Buddhism, Mount Putuo boasts monasteries and nunneries galore, as well as temple restaurants with tasty vegetarian fare. 2008-11-09T14:30:00Z “It floored me. I was like, ‘holy cow’.” DNA search angels: the Facebook 'detectives' who help reunite families 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z They gave me sacred verses to recite and asked holy men to check if anyone had cast the evil eye on me. From a Sale, Lace Undergarments, Never Worn 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Celery, bell pepper and onion, known as the “holy trinity” of Creole cooking, add a savory depth of flavor that balances the corn’s sweetness, as do paprika, garlic and flecks of fresh thyme. While the corn and crab are still sweet, make this easy soup 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The lens narrows in Robert Hayden’s chilly, holy whisper, “Ice Storm.” Poetry to Tap Into Women’s Spiritual Sides 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z After all, even the Egyptians' holy scarab was only a dung beetle. iPhone worship has seen the media lose all sense of proportion 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z But the building in the photograph is the Golden Temple, the holiest site in the Sikh religion. Jay Leno's Mitt Romney joke incenses India's Sikhs 2012-01-24T12:23:12Z Mr. Luján’s gruff, honest performance is especially noteworthy given the giggly granddaughters and sensitive holy men who constantly threaten to upstage him. | 'Nora?s Will': After a Death, Friendships and Secrets 2010-10-14T23:58:00Z But a great majority of what happened in that room, with its holy hush, happened with the impact of a meteor strike. My Summer Waiting Tables at the Writers’ Retreat 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z And so the place began to divide disastrously between the holy and the military. Pirates, Runaways, Smugglers and the Occasional Aristocrat 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z For Hiller, all water is holy, in a way, just as all collections are art, at least for the person who assembles them. Susan Hiller 2011-01-30T00:02:04Z It was no place to bring a holy man. | Personal Journeys: A Cross-Country Drive With a Guru 2012-05-20T05:44:06Z The citizens of “Preacher’s” Annville were not willing to invest in their holy man without proof. And for better or worse, proof is what they received. Losing our religion: “The Exorcist” and “The Good Place” examine very different aspects of belief 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Harar is an ancient city, considered by some to be the fourth holiest city of Islam. 'Hippos snapped my last boat in half': Planet Earth II's hairiest moments 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z The infidels were about to get a rude awakening on their so-called holy day! Merry Christmas, Alex Cross by James Patterson – digested read 2012-12-16T18:30:01Z In the fall, he photographed the route to Grabarka in eastern Poland, a holy site to Orthodox Christians. Emerging Photographer: Pawel Laczny 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Campbell, who turned 42 Tuesday, this week also visited the Western Wall, a key Jewish holy site in Jerusalem's Old City. Model Naomi Campbell in Holy Land for birthday 2012-05-22T15:01:16Z Yet there is a problem with DC’s holy trinity. DC disaster: can Supergirl save the universe for Warner Bros? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z He also commissioned artists for the Fraser Album, a compendium of portraits of soldiers, villagers, dancing women, holy men and Indian nobles. Art Review: ?Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi? at Asia Society 2012-03-08T22:18:28Z To see the holy sites and the old city, you need at least three days, says Kattan. Little town of Bethlehem – a travel photo essay 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z What, for example, would you do if your daughter, disturbingly preoccupied of late, announced, “I’m havin’ holy visions, Ma”? Review: ‘Mother of the Maid,’ a Lesson on Raising a Teenage Saint 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Photograph: Helen Boast/Rex Features Rare is the musician who takes a pop at British music's holiest of holy cows, but Richard Hawley has done just that, saying the "has become meaningless to me". Richard Hawley refuses to play 'meaningless' Glastonbury 2013-06-11T15:29:05Z Benedizioni a Lei, the Pope whispered, reminding us how close our bodies came, and came, and came again, to holy. Holy bodies, holy hungers: Pumping breast milk during the Pope’s pizza party for Mother Teresa 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z The gilt copper box for holy oils ascribed to 15th-century Flanders or Germany reproduces the model of a Gothic chapter house of triangular section. Auctions: Glamorous History Drives Divine Surprise 2011-11-18T12:30:13Z MakerBot was the holy grail of making, because we made things that made things. 3-D Printing Pioneer Goes Low Tech, With a $5,800 Watch Made in Brooklyn 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z You are holy and the world is holy but the world is a whirlwind and we are thrown about by it. How to protect my children? 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z EGYPT, the Arab world’s most populous nation, extended a curfew until April 23, closed places of worship, schools and tourist sites and banned public religious gatherings in the holy month of Ramadan, starting late April. Factbox: Countries pondering an easing of coronavirus curbs 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z “The Young Pope” echoes a larger phenomenon, of which our election was just one part: the movement toward retreat and insularity in the West, an attitude that Pius sees as a holy mandate. Review: ‘The Young Pope’ Is Beautiful and Ridiculous 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z “It’s my holy grail,” she said in a phone interview. Antiques: Cakes for Celebrities, Coveted by Collectors 2013-05-09T19:36:12Z It was once a holy settlement founded by English Puritans, then it was Spanish for centuries and since 1928, as Providencia, part of far-off Colombia. Pirates, Runaways, Smugglers and the Occasional Aristocrat 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z I found the segue into gospel style — with finger-snapping — in the “holy, holy” section slightly distracting, though it certainly had historical resonance. Cantate, Afro Blue singers premiere cantata on race in the U.S. 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z With the Tibetan holy man reported to be in a Rome hospital with a deadly illness, speculation turns to whether the Beijing regime will allow him, or his remains, to return to his native land. US-China relations are grist for satirist's mill 2012-05-07T17:48:11Z Not everyone is as enthusiastically on board with this supposedly holy mandate, Daryl least of all. "The Walking Dead" plops Daryl Dixon in a zombie-infested France. But he's no ugly American 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z The Koran is the holy book of Islam any hint that Western forces are showing it disrespect could deepen resentment over their presence in Afghanistan. Afghans protest over reported Koran desecration at U.S. base 2012-02-21T14:29:03Z These sorts of souvenirs stretch back to the earliest of journeys, when pilgrims brought home dirt from holy places as a religious souvenir. Souvenirs 101 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Initially, we seem to be reading a Kafkaesque version of the nativity story, with refugees playing the holy family in an uncaring host country. The Childhood of Jesus by JM Coetzee – review 2013-02-27T10:00:01Z For four centuries pilgrims would flock in their tens of thousands from every corner of the Christian world to seek the intercession of Chaucer's "holy, blissful martyr". Thomas Becket, Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim by John Guy - review 2012-05-18T21:55:07Z The joining together of these men in holy matrimony is rather a rock tossed in a placid lake. 'Love Is Strange' and profound with Lithgow, Molina paired 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Before it hits the table, the fatty pork gets a splash of zesty fish sauce and some color from torn mint, Thai basil and Fresno chiles: my kind of holy trinity. Review | Hanumanh serves Laotian dishes and drinks so exciting they make a critic long to be a regular 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Monks and Brahman holy men, hungry for new converts and turf, headed south and east from the subcontinent on merchant ships carrying religious objects with them. Art Review: In ‘Lost Kingdoms,’ National Treasures From Asian Countries 2014-04-10T23:05:18Z The author had died on a Good Thursday, the same holy day as one of his most enduring characters, Úrsula Iguarán, the matriarch in his masterwork, “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Review | Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s son recalls the death of a literary giant 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Our collective yearning to merge the carnal with the holy is quite a force, however; hence we now have "The New Pope." "The New Pope" is still sexy and it knows it 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Family Kitchen’s initiative this year provides ‘iftar’ meals - eaten by Muslims after sunset during the holy month of Ramadan - to 500 families in the impoverished refugee camp on the outskirts of Amman. Jordan charity gathers hotel leftovers to feed poor 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z There were so many moments in December’s mid-season finale—both genuine plot-pivot points and the “holy s–t!” variety—that this episode was bound to be a bit of a hangover. The Walking Dead Watch: The Governor 2.0 2013-02-11T13:00:47Z “The holy grail is putting ideas into a movie that also entertains,” Sheridan says, who loathes movies that preach. 'The American epic': Hollywood's enduring love for the western 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z To not wait for the right politician or law or someone braver or smarter or holier or better than us. We need to deal with our discomfort and talk to our kids about racism 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Preparations for the coronation, the first such event to be experienced by most Thais, will begin with the gathering of holy waters from around Thailand on Saturday, readying for three days of ceremonies in May. World's biggest water fight canceled in Thai tourist haven for... 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z This annual celebration at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan honors the rich cultural heritage of the Muslim world while focusing on Ramadan, a holy month devoted to prayer and reflection. Spare Times for Children for June 27-July 3 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Not Thurber’s feckless Everyman or Kaye’s holy fool, but a sad, decent guy in need of protection and love. Movie Review: ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ Stars Ben Stiller 2013-12-24T18:27:55Z God himself, observes the holy man, once chose the former. ‘Don Carlo’ or ‘Don Carlos’? Verdi Comes to the Met in French 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Accepted into the Farm, where many Hosts are different shades of brown, Jane rooms with Reagan, the “holy trifecta of Premium Hosts”: white, pretty, educated. A Novel About Surrogacy, Set at a ‘Farm’ Where the Crop Is Human Babies 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The restaurant’s hours shift during the holy month of Ramadan, which begins on May 15 this year. A Menu of Moroccan Tradition, and Generosity, in Brooklyn 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The camera takes in the holy building’s interior, tilting up stained glass and panning across lit candles, finally settling on a former altar boy, now a gray-haired man, ambling along the cathedral’s aisles. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Oratorio’ and ‘Dexter: New Blood’ 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Yet, for that brief moment when Melissa was asleep beside me, I understood what holy meant. “My synagogue was a jail cell”: My miracle happened behind bars 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z |
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