How to Use intercession in a Sentence

intercession

noun
  • The verb used for that intercession is va’yechal, the very term used in our text.
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 6 July 2021
  • At that event, many said they were saved by Casey's intercession.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2021
  • What is sure, is, that as soon as the penny rattles in the chest, gain and avarice are on the way of increase; but the intercession of the church depends only on the will of God Himself.
    Kristin E. Holmes, Philly.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Her parents prayed for the intercession of St. Rita, the patron saint of hopeless causes — and the little girl was healed.
    Atlanta Life, ajc, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Please join me in praying for the renewal of our culture and country through the good news of Jesus Christ and the intercession of our Blessed Mother.
    Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Soon after the dancers were despatched to a mountaintop shrine in the Vosges mountains to pray for divine intercession.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2017
  • One of the legends about St. Arnold says that when an exhausted and thirsty group of pilgrims prayed to him for intercession, their lone beer mug never ran dry.
    Washington Post, 17 July 2020
  • Through the intercession of Mitch McConnell, Trump got 234 of those judges confirmed, including, of course, three on the nation’s highest court.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Those looking for saintly intercession can choose from a pantheon of holy helpers.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
  • What intercessions are made into the official record when the Black woman makes the world see from her perspective?
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2023
  • That exercise has a special place in Catholic tradition—not only to pray, but to do so through the intercession of those in heaven.
    Nicholas Tomaino, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2023
  • By means of their intercession, the Church can continue to win victories in her battle for the salvation of souls.
    Nr Interview, National Review, 22 July 2017
  • Because of that connection, the Church teaches that asking for the intercession of Mary is one of the best ways to communicate to Jesus.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Some don’t believe what the Church teaches about the real presence, the resurrection of the body, apostolic succession, the intercession of the saints.
    Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Your intercession isn’t likely to change things for the better, no matter how good your intentions are.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Your intercession isn’t likely to change things for the better, no matter how good your intentions are.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
  • In these circumstances, fathers and sons sometimes went to war—and only the intercession of the queen allowed both sides to make peace without losing face.
    Carolyn Harris, Smithsonian, 12 May 2017
  • One key step is the Vatican confirming that Casey's intercession helped lead to miracles, a process that can take years.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2017
  • In ancient times, families hoped that through such intercession, the dead person would receive a better place in the life hereafter.
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Whether the outcome was due to his testimony, or to the intercession of a blind teenage superfan who had made a private appeal to the judge, is impossible to know.
    Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Later in the day, the three men drove to a local gym where the organizer of a basketball school had prayed to the Madonna for intercession so that the sport could survive coronavirus lockdowns.
    New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021
  • After this step, the Vatican has to approve of a miracle attributed to the intercession of the potential saint.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 24 June 2023
  • But the Emira is so innately drivable you’d have to be an idiot to lose the handle, with or without electronic intercession.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The prayer will implore the Virgin Mary's intercession and protection amid the coronavirus crisis.
    NBC News, 29 May 2020
  • Christians believe that atonement comes through the intercession of Jesus.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Paving the way for canonization, Francis signed the decree recognizing Zatti’s intercession in the healing of a man in the Philippines who had suffered a brain bleed.
    Colleen Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Now the Vatican must confirm a miracle attributed to Hlond's intercession for him to be beatified, and a second one for him to be made a saint.
    Fox News, 4 July 2018
  • Many of them, including Ima, had escaped thanks to the intercession of another domestic worker.
    Noy Thrupkaew, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Some see them as shelters for souls separated violently from their bodies, others as places where the living can pray to the dead for intercession with the divine.
    Maggie Shipstead Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • The lawsuit argues that the chant constitutes a prayer because the chant praises the Aztec deities by invoking their names, asking for intercession and showing gratitude.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2021

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