Sentence examples for sacred struggle from inspiring English sources
The unfortunate fact is that most Russians view the Kremlin's support for pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine – whatever form that support takes – as an almost sacred struggle against Ukrainian "fascists" and their sinister Western backers.
Mr. Kim, the report said, "highly appreciated the feats they have performed in encouraging the army and people in their sacred struggle to defend the socialist system of the country".
Or, as the Party History Institute of the Central Committee put it, "Comrade Kim Il Sung, the ever-victorious iron-willed brilliant commander, military strategic genius," went on the radio and called upon the Korean people "to rise as one in the sacred struggle for wiping out the U.S. imperialist armed invaders and their stooges".
Jihad (sacred struggle) for Islamists is an obsession with violence, whether of a military, paramilitary or terrorist nature.
On 23 January 1895, after his play Guy Domville had failed on the London stage, Henry James, in his early 50s, wrote in his Notebook: "I take up my old pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.
He's gone from player to coach to retiree to whatever it is he's doing now: cooking, writing, gardening, hiding, self-promoting, advising weary pilgrims from his sacred mountaintop, tantalizing struggling teams, driving endless Internet rumors.
The struggle between sacred and profane impulses is an old one in American popular music, and here it is given an interesting contemporary twist.
The artist's sacred trinity of life, struggle, and death is not a moralistic tale; it is a representation of the Chicano experience.
Just last year, the Great Sioux Nation found itself in a similar struggle to preserve sacred ground.
And this is the story's second source of fascination: the struggle between the sacred and the profane.
Audiences and critics embraced its signature blend of modern dance and devotional gestures to convey the struggle between the sacred and profane.
