Sentence examples for priest off from inspiring English sources

Ratzinger's response was to send the priest off for "therapy".

I tried to rescue her by pulling the priest off her.

The parish priest washed off what he assumed were stains.

The local Orthodox priest begged off a discussion of the pope's message.

In September, "a man posing as a Jesuit priest" dropped off the piece at the museum and then blessed the staff in the parking lot, The Art Newspaper reported.

George Carlin used to do a routine about a Catholic priest reading off a list of weekly activities: "Thursday night, a lecture on the evils of gambling.

It was partly the loneliness of the country priest, cut off by his cloth and learning, but a lot more was deliberate.

The priest goes off to search for food and drink but does not return, leaving the blind people, including one mother with a baby who can see, in a panic.

In turn, Hessler learned the local dialect, had his urban adventures with hard-working noodle-shop operators, met a Roman Catholic priest, fended off aggressive prostitutes and hiked and camped in the mountains, carrying a book about Ted Williams.

Situations slip over the line into genuine cruelty (the ostensible hero gets a kick out of tripping the deaf girl with her own shoelaces), the dialogue hints at unholy alliances (the priest shows off his shiny new watch, a gift of the mining company), and a general sense of futility and meaninglessness prevails.

Do not any of you step out of line.' The priest made off shaking with fear".