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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Vatican must now confirm a miracle attributed to his intercession for him to be beatified, and a second one for him to be declared a saint.
  — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• The segment describing Johnson's rough life and Garrido's intercession aired to the minor chords of an electric guitar.
  — Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 19 Mar. 2018
• Only the intercession of the Spanish-speaking hotel owner stopped a certain riot.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
• Only in the case of Hillary Clinton’s email server did enough voters buy into the right-wing narrative, but there were special circumstances there—James Comey’s late intercession in the race and the 25 years the right spent vilifying her.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 17 Jan. 2023