Sentence examples for ask for rain from inspiring English sources

"You just have to ask for rain with sincerity.

In 1741, after months without rain and with many of the islanders already dying, shepherds carried a statue of the Virgin Mary from the pasturelands of the south-west, over the highlands to the capital Valverde, which lies in the north east, to ask for rain.

"I ask for rain, for good business, for peace.

Congregation and reader ask for rain as blessing, not curse; for life, not death; for abundance, not famine.

So, while the farmers ready their land, the rest of the villagers begin preparing a ceremony to ask for rain.

So, while the farmers outfit their land, the rest of the villagers begin preparing a ceremony to ask for rain.

If this is the case, ask for rain-able bills.

"In the old days people asked for rain," said Chinbat, 30, an electrical engineer who recently finished training to become a shaman.

Although days of prayer are not uncommon here — Governor Riley declared one asking for rain to relieve a drought a few years ago — these proclamations conveyed the sense that at this late date, salvation from the spill all but requires divine intervention.

In comparing these two stories, Adam asking for rain and Abraham's willingness to bring Isaac as an offering, it could be said that Adam represents the basic level of relationship that a human being should strive for with God.

Or you ask for 'a rain check.'.