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Examples
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Among a congregation of “amen's” and cheers, their eyes met.
The Martyr 2010
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Their lot being somewhat noticeably hard, a few wealthy Dalmatian merchants decided in 1451 to make a kind of S.amen's Institute (as we should now say), and a little building was the result of this effort, the patron saints of the altar in it being S. George and S. Tryphonius.
A Wanderer in Venice Harry [Illustrator] Morley 1903
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"Ye son o 'a deevil's soo!" cried the woman; "I s 'hae amen's o' ye for this, gien I sud ro'st my ain hert to get it."
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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An 'it's an ill thing to tak sic amen's o' me, as gin I had dune wrang, by garrin 'me troo' at yer grandfather's property was to gang the gait o ''s auld, useless, ill-mainnert scraich o' a fiddle. '
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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"We see the church as a gathering of people who share the same ideas and it is very, very easy for you to get amen's and applause by standing up and denouncing sins that are not immediately present in your own congregation," he said.
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"an 'gien there be ony amen's ye wad hae o' him, --"
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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_I'll_ hae amen's _ (amends, vengeance) _ upon him! "
Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864
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The Reverend Joseph Lowery elicited smiles and amen's at the Obama inauguration as he finished his prayer with the words we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, and when white will embrace what is right. "
The Reality Check 2009
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The Reverend Joseph Lowery elicited smiles and amen's at the Obama inauguration as he finished his prayer with the words we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, and when white will embrace what is right. "
The Reality Check 2009
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The Reverend Joseph Lowery elicited smiles and amen's at the Obama inauguration as he finished his prayer with the words we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, and when white will embrace what is right. "
The Reality Check 2009
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