Sentence examples for waves of pilgrims from inspiring English sources

Waves of pilgrims covered the brown boulders of the hill.

Two survivors said the crush began when two waves of pilgrims going in opposite directions collided.

Hotels have already begun calling the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in anticipation of fresh waves of pilgrims to Blessed Katharine's tomb here at the motherhouse.

But the site, where an imposing two-story overpass was built to carry the waves of pilgrims, has also been the scene of catastrophes.

Breathing in this atmosphere I made my way through the nave to those stone steps trodden by successive waves of pilgrims, some with beads, some with cameras.

Saudi authorities have said at least 769 people died when two large waves of pilgrims converged on a narrow road last Thursday during the final days of the annual hajj in Mina near the holy city of Mecca.

The new wave of pilgrims, usually in groups of 50 or so at a time, has transformed the recovery effort in both real and intangible ways.

Her zeal invokes earlier waves of political pilgrims in Latin America from rich countries, like the volunteers who cut Cuban sugar cane in the 1960s or the Sandalistas, the idealists who flocked to Nicaragua in the 1980s (often clad in sandals) to support the Sandinistas.

The procession involves everything from white stallions, dancing pilgrims, and waves of flamenco and jazz musicians; all following the statuette of Saint Sara through town and to the water's edge.

The procession involves everything from white stallions and dancing pilgrims to waves of flamenco and jazz musicians, all following the statuette of Saint Sara through town and to the water's edge.

In recent days, they were packed, as were the tour buses and streets, full of pilgrims carrying folding chairs and waving white-and-yellow Vatican flags.