How to Use rosary in a Sentence

rosary

noun
  • Now, rosaries hang on the remains of Kane’s home.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
  • For those unable to process, the prayer of the rosary will be prayed in the church.
    — Staff Report, NOLA.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • This guy must really pound the rosary beads just to keep his job.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 14 Dec. 2019
  • This dad was also the one who made the kids pray the rosary daily.
    — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 14 June 2018
  • The singer wore a black suit jacket over a black tank top, with a pearl rosary around his neck.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Rosary, 3-2 Long Beach Poly def.
    — Staff Report, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
  • His penance is to pray the rosary — and then rip apart a pillow in the church belfry.
    — Will Swaim, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Pope Leo then shook Franco's hand and gave him a rosary.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
  • Dodgers fans turn to lucky jerseys, sweaters, rosaries and prayer to help team win the title.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
  • On Monday, he could be seen clutching rosary beads.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Women are kissing the stone and running their rosaries along the top of it.
    — Chris Nashawaty, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2012
  • The rosaries, the rule-following.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • By now Joe Biden’s rosary must be the most famous beads in the world.
    — William McGurn, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2020
  • After the rosary, the guests and dancers fellowship with food and warm drinks.
    — Carmina Tiscareño, Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Holding a rosary, the priest quietly says a prayer.
    — Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Soubirous knelt and prayed the rosary, according to the website.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Liesl, a nun, is almost always pictured with the rosary wrapped around her hand.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 May 2025
  • Maya cried and grasped a rosary in her hand as the jury's decision was read aloud in court.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • My abuela, la gran Mamita Toña, was praying the rosary in her home.
    — Yesika Salgado, refinery29.com, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Throughout the rosary recital in the grotto, I was plagued with worry.
    — Annie Ernaux, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Near Rolles, a half dozen women stood by parked cars, rosary beads clasped, heads lowered in prayer.
    — Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The device shows the users progress throughout each prayer and keeps track of each rosary completed.
    — Gabrielle Sorto, CNN, 16 Oct. 2019
  • In 98 degree heat, nuns in habits stood by a temporary fence and prayed the rosary.
    — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 28 May 2022
  • On one man’s back lie a rosary, a cross and a prayer card, placed there by the staff at the family’s request.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 28 June 2020
  • Some 30,000 people turned out for Leo’s rosary prayer.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The singer, who is a brand ambassador, paired a black rosary necklace and gold broach with a sleeveless vest.
    — Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2024
  • Upon death, players are banished back to their last save space, many of which need to be unlocked with rosaries.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Laurie Nelsen holds a rosary made by her mother, Claire Ryan.
    — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Each year, the church hangs a large rosary from the trunk of a pine tree in hopes of a great pierogi festival weekend.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The week before, Francis asked Catholics to join him in praying the rosary.
    — Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2020

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