Sentence examples for ritual declarations from inspiring English sources

Across the political spectrum, throughout the media, in private and public life, the pieties and ritual declarations are second nature now: "warriors," "heroes," "mission"; "our young men and women in uniform," "our brave young men and women," "our finest young people".

As 177,000 campers prepared for a final night of partying, hailing this year's festival another success, Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis declined to make his ritual declaration that his year's event the best ever.

I implore you to call for an end to the religious ritual of the declaration of unworthiness.

Next, the formal Hajj ritual begins with another declaration of intent.

After that declaration, for instance, the family can begin the mourning ritual called shiva.

But one core ritual, easily carried out in ten minutes, should be to read the Declaration of Independence out loud.

Such open declarations raise a delicate issue in the literary world, where there are no standard tribal retirement rituals.

Chants, declarations, call and response and communal celebration were all suggested in turn, indicating that the magic of a ritual can have more to do with the physicality of its enactment than with its text.

But declarations are cheap.

In contrast to companies where declarations about their philosophy amount to vague platitudes, Amazon has rules that are part of its daily language and rituals, used in hiring, cited at meetings and quoted in food-truck lines at lunchtime.

IT IS a ritual capping a ritual.