How to Use shul in a Sentence

shul

noun
  • Brennan said the shul will have two years to construct the new building.
    — cleveland, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The new limit was ten worshippers for each shul, no exceptions.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Bacall and his team had gone shul to shul, trying to avert panic as news of the attack spread through the rumor mill.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The lawsuit revolves around the need for a permit to operate the shul inside the residence.
    — cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
  • The shul's other Torah scrolls were also taken out for this celebration.
    — Sergio Carmona, Jewish Journal, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Felder understood the impulse behind the shul’s decision.
    — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Several of those walking to the shul noticed a man watching them while sitting in an SUV.
    — cleveland, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The center is an Orthodox shul, or synagogue, near Greenfield Rd.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Twenty-five years ago, the average shul did not spend much time or money on security; the last one out of the building had to make sure the front door was securely closed.
    — Faygie Holt, Sun Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Worse yet, a Jewish draftee ought not to be shown as a slacker who pretends shul-going piety in order to evade cleaning the barracks on the Sabbath.
    — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Dovid is nominated by the shul to inherit Ronit’s father’s position as rabbi.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Because of those guidelines, Orthodox Jews need to live within walking distance of their shul, or synagogue.
    — cleveland, 10 Dec. 2021
  • This little shul, literally risen from the ashes as a symbol of Jewish perseverance, holds a minyan, or quorum, three times a day.
    — Josh Nass, WSJ, 15 July 2021
  • The drama indulges in many shots of Avi citing religious texts, attending shul and praying in Hebrew over dead bodies.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The Hasidic community, meanwhile, has chafed at local politicians who told them their new shul was violating zoning laws.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2019
  • In 2014, vandals tried to set fire to the shul, noted for the whimsical palm trees painted on either side of the ark, and its ceiling, which resembles a starry night.
    — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • In Los Angeles alone, the sect boasts dozens of shuls, including special centers for Russian and Persian-speaking refugees.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The legal action follows a suit filed in June by the city against the shul, which operates at 4380 University Parkway.
    — cleveland, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The way a rabbi balances those imperatives, scholars say, can give a Modern Orthodox shul, or synagogue, its personality and appeal.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 1 Mar. 2022
  • As recently as two months ago, the city brought suit against the organizers of another residential shul, one on Churchill Boulevard, and ultimately obtained a permanent injunction in court.
    — cleveland, 23 Mar. 2021

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