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How to use the word RITUALS in a Sentence?

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We are extremely happy and grateful to receive this mechanical elephant which will help us to conduct our rituals and festivals in a cruelty-free way, and we hope that other temples will also think about replacing live elephants for rituals.

Rajkumar Namboothiri

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Routines and rituals can be very comforting and useful, i believe in keeping them and then stretching one piece( of them) to add in something new, while allowing the kid the agency and power to decide if they want to do it.

Karen VanAusdal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Current king cake rituals in New Orleans evolved from the late 1800s when Mardi Gras Krewes( a term for parade and party organizing society groups) used King Cakes to choose queens and kings to preside over weekly balls, beginning with the Twelfth Night Ball.

David Guas

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Meanwhile, the name' Atlanta Braves,' the tomahawk adorning the team's uniform, and the' tomahawk chop' that the team exhorts its fans to perform at home games are meant to depict and caricature not just one tribal community but all Native people, and that is certainly how baseball fans and Native people everywhere interpret them, in our discussions with the Atlanta Braves, we have repeatedly and unequivocally made our position clear -- Native people are not mascots, and degrading rituals like the' tomahawk chop' that dehumanize and harm us have no place in American society.

American Indians President Fawn Sharp

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It is our ancestors who are buried there in that cave, it is our ancestors that created the images that are on the walls and conducted the rituals that took place. It is absolutely the most sacred site that we have. And it rightfully should be in our ownership.

Andrea Hunter

Found on CNN
2 years ago

She had kept a day-long religious fast. In the evening, she put on a pair of jeans and a top and performed her rituals. When her grandparents objected to her attire, Neha retorted that jeans were made to be worn and that she would wear it.

Shakuntala Devi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Routines and rituals are very beneficial to us, because they're things that we understand and know what to expect from them, the routine sets up for us, without having to think about what we're going to do next,' Here is how my day is going to flow,'.

Lynn Bufka

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Kids remember throwing sins into the river, or they may not remember anything else but they go to do tashlich -- which is casting their sins -- they remember that, physical rituals really last.

Stacy Stuart

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Rituals in general serve a calming function, they distract the mind which might otherwise go down one of those rabbit holes of useless worry, and they give us a sense of influence or control over something that may not be ultimately controllable.

Ryan Bremner

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It is probable that many people from surrounding areas gathered for special occasions, possibly tied to calendrical cycles, the rituals probably involved processions along the causeways and within the rectangular plaza. The people also deposited symbolic objects such as jade axes in the center of the plateau.

Takeshi Inomata

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I've never missed a day and I feel very fortunate to, just to have my routine, and my rituals, my message is - get out everyday, do the most you can to keep up your passions and your instincts and the things you want to accomplish.

Robert Burck

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I'm concerned if people postpone them, there's something important about grieving when grief first hits. People who don't have these rituals seem to have more trouble grieving.

David Kessler

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The rituals around death are so important for healthy grief.

David Kessler

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We do know that relaxing is an important activity before bed, so for people with insomnia, it could be beneficial to decrease that state of arousal, these rituals become important and we almost always will recommend to someone if they have a ritual that helps them fall asleep, then do it.

Todd Arnedt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It appears they were members of a religious cult that carried out rituals and they were apparently responsible for the crime.

Rafael Baloyes

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Our rituals pray for planet Earth, to always keep it healthy and safe, we pray for mother water, for father sun, for mother forest and for mother earth, whom today feel very wounded.

Huni Kuin

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

What they're really doing is giving themselves confidence, if I do these little rituals, then I'm gon na feel confident going into this activity, and I can succeed and do well.

George Gmelch

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I think it does make a difference to those who feel that these rituals uphold the grandeur of Hinduism, and so they take pride in that, they see that the state is putting in so much money, and they justify it by arguingĀ that 'we are the rightful citizens and the state should put money into our events'.

Romila Thapar

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It takes time to understand that every ritual and every habit is personal, so adapting to each other's rituals is really about giving the other person space to do what they need to do.

Ali Al Sayed

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

So far, we have found 10 bodies, and most of their private parts and teeth had been removed, these murders are linked to witchcraft practices because that is the trend for such crimes, where herbalists ask people to get these human parts for money rituals.

Faustine Ndugulile

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Online Dating Rituals of the American Male.

Orange County District Attorney

Found on CNN
5 years ago

To me, in its prime, Nan Madol was a capital, it was the seat of political power, the center of the most important religious rituals, and the place where the former chiefs of the island were laid to rest.

Mark McCoy

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Widows may not see the rituals as violating their rights, but as a normal way to honor their husband. Even if they want to speak out, they know there will be repercussions.

Naana Otoo-Oyortey

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I love my family, they might use these mental rituals like prayer or counting to neutralize that anxiety or to try to make that anxiety go away as a way to cope.

Anthony Pinto

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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