hymn
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hymning\ ˈhi-miŋ
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Synonyms for hymn
Synonyms: Noun
anthem, canticle, carol, chorale, psalm, spiritual
Synonyms: Verb
bless, carol, celebrate, emblazon, exalt, extol (also extoll), glorify, laud, magnify, praise, resound
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Examples of hymn in a Sentence
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sing a hymn of praise our Sunday church services always open with a hymnVerb
during the honeymoon following the inauguration, newspaper articles seemed to hymn the president's every move
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Pro-democracy activists placed sunflowers and sang hymns at the memorial for Leung. — Washington Post, "Parents of dead Hong Kong protester urge others to carry on," 12 July 2019 His friends and family remember him as being fond of singing hymns, if not always perfectly in tune. — courant.com, "David B. Barnes Sr.," 10 Aug. 2019 Finally, the wedding day arrived and the church doors opened to the sound of ancient hymns. — Ariana Makonnen, Town & Country, "An American Princess Opens Up About What It's Really Like to Marry Royalty," 20 June 2019 At some protests, attendees broke out into the Puerto Rican revolutionary hymn, written in 1868 when Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony. — Ana Campoy, Quartz, "What’s next for Puerto Rico?," 25 July 2019 Between wooden pews and hymn books, investigators sorted through years of loans. — Orla Mccaffrey, Dallas News, "Fire and fraud: The mystery of a small Texas bank that became the nation's first failure in years," 21 July 2019 According to Penguin, the book will begin with hymns from the Revolutionary War, then go through the Civil War, women's suffrage, both world wars, the Great Depression, and so on until the present day. — Leah Asmelash And Saeed Ahmed, CNN, "A country singer and a historian team up to look at all the songs that shaped America," 10 June 2019 Enheduanna would probably write a better hymn than this. — Kim Stanley Robinson, National Geographic, "Dear MESSENGER: How unmasking Mercury brought art to life," 22 Mar. 2019 Interspersed in these were readings from the Bible, both the Old and New Testament, a hymn and poetry that reflected Fenwick's Catholic heritage and the ability each person has to make a difference. — Rachel K. Hindery, chicagotribune.com, "At Fenwick, 'pray for the dead, protest for the living' a theme at walkout event," 14 Mar. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
But the wounds sustained and inflicted by cheating hearts, so often hymned by Nashville balladeers, are a specialty of Mr. Lonergan. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Shame and Guilt Drives Several New Productions, Which Is Good for Us," 18 Feb. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hymn.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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