Sentence examples for cross upon from inspiring English sources

God is not here, Hannah said to herself; and made a small cross upon her breastbone, against her blasphemy.

The device consists of an array of semiconductor electrodes spaced very close together to form a cross, upon which a cell is placed.

This creaking saga, which purports to tell of how the tree that grew from Adam's body became the cross upon which Christ was crucified, is without doubt the religious story that makes its way most tortuously through human affairs.

Among the many relics held at the cathedral are a crown of thorns said to have been placed on the head of Jesus Christ before his crucifixion and a piece of the cross upon which he died.

Of all relic discoveries, the most impressive was that of the True Cross (the cross upon which Jesus was crucified, found in September 335 or in 326, according to other accounts).

Even the pope is not immune to the affective influence of the nearness of others, as his secretary records during Montaigne's meeting with him in Rome – he is still a man of flesh, and blood, and feet: The ambassador presenting them then got down on one knee, and turned back the pope's robe from his right foot, on which there is a red slipper with a white cross upon it.

These crossed upon the first day.

Moreover, in a bid to raise the stakes, the plot consists of double-crosses upon double-crosses upon double-crosses that kids may not be able to follow.

Not far to the east is the Rochester city line, which NY 31 crosses upon traversing the Erie Canal once again.

R.C. MacLeod noted N. Macleod's description of the flag, but observed that it now only contained the "elf spots"—there was then no evidence of any crosses upon what remained of the flag.

Reaching a bit more, considerable zooming is required to see another cross emblazoned upon the central figure's chest.