How to Use prayer beads in a Sentence

prayer beads

plural noun
  • The two men share a meal together; Samir, nervous, worries at a ring of prayer beads.
    — Julian Joslin, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The shy man came to see the imam, who rolled out his prayer rug, closed his eyes, and let his prayer beads slip through his fingers while reciting a verse.
    — Isabelle De Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The printout is partially obscured by a string of prayer beads hanging off the fence.
    — Ron Kampeas, sun-sentinel.com, 1 July 2021
  • Her life narrowed to a dark room with a dirt-floor in rural Rwanda, prayer beads hanging on the wall by her side.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2019
  • There are black bike shorts, dirty Jansport packs topped with prayer beads, and a Black Flag cap that says America on it.
    — Monica Kim, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Her life narrowed to a small, dark room with a dirt-floor in rural Rwanda, prayer beads hanging on the wall by her side.
    — CBS News, 26 Dec. 2019
  • And others were hauling out the prayer beads over the future of a local quarterback.
    — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020
  • Some of her later abstract prints, as well as sculptures in the form of prayer beads, directly refer to it.
    — New York Times, 5 May 2020
  • Lying on the sand under a tree, fiddling with his prayer beads, the aging village sheikh sprang to his feet, shouting at his son to chase the police.
    — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Users can buy wholesale halal food, electronic qur'ans, and even prayer beads.
    — Eleanor Ross, Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2017
  • Inside Hanuman’s two-story house, a picture of the white-bearded Jambheshwar, hands clasped on the handle of a cane draped with prayer beads, adorned a small shrine next to the living room.
    — Shashank Bengali, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
  • With prayer beads in one hand and an ax in the other, a monk hunts down a millennia-old spirit that’s possessing humans and unleashing hell on Earth.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 27 June 2021
  • Idlib markets are bursting with life, as men ride through the streets on old motorcycles, while others clutch their prayer beads in quiet corners.
    — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2018
  • Family members of the victims sat in the courtroom, and as the first video was pulled up, McNamara’s wife pulled out tissues and Winters’s sister clutched a string of prayer beads.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
  • Wearing trousers and a T-shirt, prayer beads hanging from her neck, Ms. Tsomo whispers Buddhist prayers for peace for her brother’s soul, sometimes shuffling her beads.
    — Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Others called on the government to black out the scene where Chopra holds up sacred Hindu prayer beads as evidence that the plotter in the episode was an Indian nationalist.
    — NBC News, 9 June 2018
  • Sitting in his stall in Kabul one recent afternoon, one vendor, Mohammad Nasir thumbed a string of red prayer beads in his hand, musing on the city’s seemingly sudden economic decline.
    — David Zucchino The New York Times, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The multimedia piece is made with elements of old artifacts like leather, carpet, prayer beads and a ring.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • As people leave the building, musicians strike up a raucous tune with a heavy beat and high notes, while others twirl prayer beads over their heads.
    — Ben Wedeman, CNN, 24 June 2024
  • Stuart found her mother-in-law’s ashes, and the delicate white box that held her late husband’s prayer beads.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024

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