Sentence examples for of a vow from inspiring English sources
After a sudden illness he renounced secular pursuits in fulfillment of a vow.
"It's the completion of a vow," Ms. Novak said afterward, red-eyed.
In sophisticated art, paintings of standard religious themes were often donated to churches in fulfillment of a vow.
If you don't get why just the idea of a vow renewal ceremony is laughable, you're already lost.
They also celebrate feasts in fulfillment of a vow or in thanksgiving for good fortune, but there is no sacrificial ritual connected with these festive meals.
I said my prayers at the saint's tomb and felt the catharsis of a vow completed, the easing of a burden.
I managed to pack young Harden off to his room by dint of threats and promises and wrung out of him a vow of twenty-four hoursilencence.
She persevered because she viewed representing her country and her community in the Olympics as a calling worthy of taking a vow of poverty.
His kung fu instructor had told him he talked too much and listened too little and gave him the idea of taking a vow of silence.
I, personally, applaud this bold move but, instead of taking a vow of abstinence, am turning to other tools to help find a way to funnel the fire hose.
Here, if you want to think of saintliness, is a vow of poverty.
