Sentence examples for congregation answered from inspiring English sources

"Amen," the congregation answered.

My grandfather obviously didn't agree with this and made all the responses very loudly in Latin while the rest of the congregation answered in English.

When he is finished, the children answer with a "merci," like a congregation answering with an "amen".

He spoke to them in Shona, and in a call-and-response like that of a preacher and his congregation, they answered him.

Later comes an ecstatic breakthrough, as the violin sings a plangent modal melody in the manner of a synagogue cantor leading a congregation, the oboe answering like a voice from the other side.

On Friday Simon Atkin, chief superintendent at West Yorkshire police, answered questions from congregations at mosques in the city as part of what the force dubbed "continuous reassurance and engagement".

Some of it whispered by the priest, much of it sung by the choir, a little intoned by the congregation in answer to the blessing Dominus vobiscum ("Et cum spirtu tuo").

Sheikha Fariha gives few interviews, and she declined to speak to a reporter, but her longtime secretary, Abdul Rahim, answered questions about the congregation.

Mutterings and shufflings among the church dignitaries on the platform were answered by sounds of delighted approval from the congregation.

Peter and Paul Catholic Church (Catholics are the largest denomination in Falls City), about this apparent lack of community interest, he answered that only a minuscule percentage of his congregation — no more than five per cent, he suggested — knew anyone involved in the case.

And she answered, "I guess I have to trust (the congregation) to believe for me until I can believe it again for myself".