Sentence examples for a sacrificial offering from inspiring English sources
Better still if Mr Blair's critics could force him into making a sacrificial offering of Mr Campbell.In this section Future perfect?
"I just wonder if Magaw isn't a sacrificial offering," said Representative James L. Oberstar of Minnesota, the ranking Democrat on the Transportation Committee.
In the Cairns summer it is brutally hot by 8am, so a 4 15pm kick-off reduced the players to a sacrificial offering at the alter of the Fox Sports programming department.
He regrets what he said now, particularly as the BBC's management, who, if the allegations are correct, did nothing to stop Savile, appear to be thinking of making a sacrificial offering of his career.
Braddock is entered late for the contest, less as an underdog than as a sacrificial offering, and when he turns it around the crowd — Braddocks to a man — begins to sniff a hero.
Thus, the sacred meal has been at once a sacramental communion and a sacrificial offering (e.g., wine, bread, or animal as a sign or symbol of a divine death and resurrection for the benefit of man) in which the two fundamental and complementary rites have been closely combined throughout their long and varied histories.
According to the Beijing News, the well-known Babaoshan crematorium will ban mourners from incinerating funeral clothes – a common sacrificial offering meant to keep the dead clothed in the afterlife – during the first two weeks of November.
It was a time of ceremony, sacrificial offering, and a time to put away cattle and store food.
The sacrificial offering of humans to a god has been well attested only in a few cultures.
The sacrificial offering of the blood of such a powerful overlord greatly enhanced the standing of Quiriguá and its royal family throughout the region and it proclaimed Quiriguá as the new capital of the south-eastern Maya region.
I envision droning prayers of show creators repeating "Please, Mr. Nielsen, accept our sacrificial offering of these diverse personalities for your blessing of a #1 rating on Tuesday night programming".
