How to Use prayer rug in a Sentence

prayer rug

noun
  • Men, women and children entered, some with their own prayer rugs.
    — Laura Gómez, azcentral, 15 June 2018
  • Worshipers were asked to bring their own prayer rugs, but some mosques offered disposable paper rugs.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2020
  • Djïeté sits on a lush prayer rug while wearing a white boubou, a traditional robe with golden embroidery, and holding a staff.
    — Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Those who wanted more calm spread their prayer rugs and mats on a drying barley field behind the camp and sat there, sipping coffee and tea they from thermos bottles.
    — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Discourage sharing of items typically used in worship and services, like prayer books, cushions and prayer rugs.
    — Trisha Thadani, SFChronicle.com, 25 May 2020
  • At her Ridgewood house, Aspero draped purple and gold sheets in the shape of a tent in the den and placed blue and white pillows and a prayer rug on the ground.
    — Hannan Adely, USA TODAY, 8 May 2020
  • The room is laced with scented tobacco smoke from a shisha pipe stationed in the corner, and a small prayer rug is neatly folded under the television.
    — Bronwen Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The room includes his personal objects of interest like ebony chairs, exotic oriental carpets and a rare black silk prayer rug.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The magic becomes a melancholy day-to-day thereafter, but the prophet, the locust, the peach pit and especially the father and prayer rug haunt every line.
    — Kaveh Akbar, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2017
  • On the altar are several symbolic items, including seven herbs, rose water, honey, coins, a copy of the Quran, a poetry book, and a prayer rug.
    — Tacita Vero’, Slate Magazine, 9 Jan. 2017
  • Those included closing access to bathrooms and water fountains, sanitizing the mosque’s carpet and requiring people to bring their own prayer rugs.
    — Farah Eltohamy, azcentral, 29 May 2020
  • Several homes specify the availability of prayer rugs and distance from an Islamic center.
    — Nikita Mandhani /, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Abu Jama, an observant Muslim, knelt facing Mecca, his maroon and white prayer rug unfurled underneath him.
    — Oren Liebermann and Michael Schwartz, CNN, 26 Mar. 2020
  • What changes, what doesn't Friday afternoon, March 20 Hossam Musa stands in a balcony of sorts, looking out at more than a dozen empty prayer rugs.
    — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 27 Mar. 2020
  • After his interview with The Republic, Ahmad left the office carrying out a prayer rug in one hand, and a small wooden chair for his daughter in the other.
    — Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Other parents wondered how receptive the high court would have been to the freedom arguments if the coach in question had been a Muslim, who placed a prayer rug at midfield and bowed in prayers to Allah.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
  • Police and security officers used broad pretexts to justify the detentions, including travelling abroad, having a beard, and owning a prayer rug.
    — Ben Mauk, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Small groups could be seen squaring off and shouting over corruption in the Pakistan government, its treatment of Afghans, and of Christians, while others unfurled prayer rugs and protest banners on the ground in preparation for an afternoon prayer.
    — Caitlin Hu, CNN, 27 Sep. 2019

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