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Recent Examples of hallelujah
Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 13 Sep. 2024
For me, especially as an A&R person, that’s hallelujah: Let the creative lead and the rest will follow.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
Get The Recipe 10 of 40 Shout Hallelujah Potato Salad
What better time to shout hallelujah than Easter Sunday?
—Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2024
There’d be a brief silence, before all the voices flooded in and the whole circle would catch fire like an unending wall of the most resounding hallelujah imaginable.
—Jack Chang, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
And, as the hoarse hallelujahs from their fans illustrated, the Lakers now have some new magic of their own.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
At end times, will there be a chorus of hallelujahs or ...
—David Harsanyi, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
This bike even features a fan—hallelujah.
—Diana Kelly Levey, Health, 20 Feb. 2023
At peak power the cabin is suffused with a sustained, polyphonic power chord, a hallelujah—WHAWWAAHH.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
Noun
Said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.
—Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 13 Sep. 2024
For me, especially as an A&R person, that’s hallelujah: Let the creative lead and the rest will follow.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
Get The Recipe 10 of 40 Shout Hallelujah Potato Salad
What better time to shout hallelujah than Easter Sunday?
—Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2024
There’d be a brief silence, before all the voices flooded in and the whole circle would catch fire like an unending wall of the most resounding hallelujah imaginable.
—Jack Chang, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
And, as the hoarse hallelujahs from their fans illustrated, the Lakers now have some new magic of their own.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
At end times, will there be a chorus of hallelujahs or ...
—David Harsanyi, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
This bike even features a fan—hallelujah.
—Diana Kelly Levey, Health, 20 Feb. 2023
At peak power the cabin is suffused with a sustained, polyphonic power chord, a hallelujah—WHAWWAAHH.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallelujah
Interjection
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And hey, the whole ordeal might actually help Hub reconnect with his family, so there’s a silver lining to all this blood and guts.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
4 Mar. 2025
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Sarasota Magazine called it worth the 50-mile drive; hey, the Carolinas are not that much further away, right?—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This the same woman whose 1969 Wellesley commencement address was a paean to youthful dissent, searching, and renewal.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
8 Feb. 2025
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Many interpretations were offered: the images were about the threat of mass extinction; a comment on gentrification; a paean to the plight of the Palestinians.—
The Week UK,
theweek,
29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Ethel Cain: Perverts [Daughters of Cain] Ethel Cain found unlikely pop fandom with Preacher’s Daughter, her 2022 debut album, thanks to its emotional dirges and heavy lyrics.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
10 Jan. 2025
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The hand drums, played here by Keith, make this one spooky dirge.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2024
Interjection
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Maybe bring in a psychologist to analyze the answers ha.—
Max Bultman,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Su trabajo ha sido reconocido con premios de Florida Society of News Editors y Society for Profesional Journalists.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The funeral procession begins with a sorrowful requiem but transitions into a celebration of life — reminding us that life extends beyond death, that grief is not the absence of love but an extension of it.—
Mathew Holloway,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Column Plug Two Rollie Pemberton A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Lyft drivers lament: Getting driven around Indianapolis revealed a painful truth.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2025
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In it, the cast involved laments not being able to do their own Challengers bit with Only Murders in the Building stars Steve Martin and Martin Short (now a first-time SAG awardee for the role).—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Lady Olive certainly sank: All of its crew members escaped in lifeboats, singing psalms to stave off hypothermia, and were saved after 36 hours at sea.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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He is known as the patron saint of bookbinders and wrote an illustrative book of psalms while at the monastery of St. Finnian, according to Discovering Ireland.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
15 Mar. 2024
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“Hallelujah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallelujah. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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