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Recent Examples of hymn
Noun
The music that accompanies her is just as stick-to-the-ribs earthy, dipped in roadhouse soul, folkish hymns, barroom rock, and blues, without sounding like House of Blues nostalgia. Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Ron Cyrus recites a hymn written by Eldon Lindsey Cyrus, Cyrus’ great grandfather. Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
Verb
His own work reflects a lifelong love of reading in many genres, and his books brim with the testimonies of poets, artists, and mystics who hymn the delights of sentience. Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023 Where waving woods and waters wild Do hymn an autumn sound. Rebekah Lowin, Country Living, 17 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for hymn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hymn
Noun
  • Italian brainrot anthems infest Spotify Viral 50 charts across the world, from Denmark to Sweden to Peru to the Czech Republic.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The honor fell to Rival Son’s majestic vocalist Jay Buchanan, who took the stage barefoot, in a maroon suit, and proceeded to devour the angry rock anthem.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a June 2018 Instagram birthday tribute to the drummer, the 16 Wishes actress shared some details into their first date.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The biopic is the vulgar but necessary tribute inherently populist cinema pays to more traditional, higher-brow art.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One fellow-freestyler praised her ingenuity but said that, in a creative category with many strong contenders, her victory was a bit disappointing.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Reviewers praise its atmospheric setting and rich world-building, but some criticised its punishing difficulty.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Archbishop Bernard Hebda addressed some 2,000 people at the vigil, where psalms were sung and the silences burrowed deep in the wide room.
    Jesse Bedayn, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Kretzmer-Seed felt strongly about the inclusion of psalms from the Hallel service as well as a Spanish-Portuguese prayer for those in captivity, which was originally written for victims of the Spanish Inquisition.
    Marla Brown Fogelman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The exact citation reportedly appears in a University of Victoria style guide, a document that teaches students how to format references using fictional examples.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Larry Brooks, who lives a block away from the attack, was also given four citations on the day of Broadbelt’s death for not having rabbies vaccines and unregistered dogs.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dozens of family, friends and coworkers gathered for a vigil outside of Broadbelt’s Miami Gardens home to celebrate her life and comfort each other with food and prayer.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Bateman's character, Vince Friedken, battles a gambling addiction in a trailer for the crime thriller, as Law's Jake Friedken celebrates the growing success of his buzzy establishment.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The mode is one of willing commendation, trading on the imperative, hortative and jussive moods, the latter two of which have long disappeared from the English tongue.
    Elaine L. Wang September 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The North Carolina man has pleaded not guilty to all charged and indicated his defense will center largely on his character, citing Eagle Scout commendations and community service.
    Hannah Phillips, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And may God bless the United States of America.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • It is blessed with a huge territory, a dynamic economy and the strategic luxury of large oceans on its east and west and much smaller powers to its north and south.
    John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Hymn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hymn. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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