Sentence examples for an essential rite of from inspiring English sources

It is an essential rite of passage.

"Reading Catcher," says the New York Times, "used to be an essential rite of passage".

Reading "Catcher" used to be an essential rite of passage, almost as important as getting your learner's permit.

THE entrance of the players, from the distant waters through the garden paths and across the immense verdant landscape, is by now an essential rite of summer here.

Such gestures establish his authority and, along with peppered shouts from the stands and the pungent fragrance of burgers and hot dogs, create the sights and sounds that turn sandlot baseball into an essential rite of summer.

To Webb, himself once a distinguished member of the Marine Corps, military service was not just a patriotic gesture but part of a test of honor and courage, an essential rite of passage.

It was all a part of an essential rite in which his sharing of himself could make his demons go away, at least for a while.

"Even so, many schools remain fascinated with the idea of holding practice shooting drills, as if learning to deal with an armed intruder is some essential rite of passage for kids".

Their older fans remain loyal consumers, and for younger audiences they are essential rites of passage; in a typical year the Hendrix catalog is estimated to sell hundreds of thousands of copies.

It's to find better ways for our society to manage one of life's most essential rites of passage — the journey to adulthood.

Where shoveling the driveway and the path were once revered as essential rites of winter, as wondrous opportunities for men to evince their manliness, most now view clearing the snow as an irksome and even demeaning chore to be handled by moonlighting firefighters or enterprising immigrants.