Sentence examples for crossing themselves from inspiring English sources

His family wept as ordinary Russians filed past, crossing themselves.

Some parishioners gently touched their priest's chest, saying a prayer and crossing themselves.

At the other, are those crossing themselves and mumbling devotions at the shrine to the Blessed Margaret.

What about basketball players crossing themselves before every foul shot, swimmers doing likewise as they stand on starting blocks, lugers before hurtling into the chute?

Around him, Sepúlveda saw his filthy, sweating, unshaved companions, men of different faiths, in poses of penitence and desperation, some with their eyes closed, praying, whispering, crossing themselves.

The Orthodox worshippers pray while standing (because they stand throughout the service), with arms hanging down, crossing themselves at the beginning and ending of the prayer.

Others crossed themselves.

Teary tattooed plumbers cross themselves.

A few crossed themselves.

Some of the men crossed themselves, sweating, praying.

The women in the villages watched us and crossed themselves.