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  • There was no answer, but he seemed to hear, beneath the choir, the sound of hoof-beats on the dusty earth, and gunfire, and angels calling hosannahs from the shadows.

    The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991

  • However, since no one can entirely believe the words of public officials look, for example, at the hosannahs which exalted Joel I.

    Henry J. Stern: Suffer Little Children Henry J. Stern 2011

  • He said that a golden chariot was coming to take him to heaven, and he sat down on top the red-hot range and sang hymns and hosannahs while he cooked.

    Chapter 10 2010

  • It's a cult, that much is obvious from the severity and doggedness of the group-think on display, one nation under a collective mass-delusion, saving their hosannahs for the most rigid of the ideologues onstage.

    The CPAC Rodeo Roundup 2010

  • It's a cult, that much is obvious from the severity and doggedness of the group-think on display, one nation under a collective mass-delusion, saving their hosannahs for the most rigid of the ideologues onstage.

    Kara Vallow: The CPAC Rodeo Roundup 2010

  • It's a cult, that much is obvious from the severity and doggedness of the group-think on display, one nation under a collective mass-delusion, saving their hosannahs for the most rigid of the ideologues onstage.

    Kara Vallow: The CPAC Rodeo Roundup Kara Vallow 2010

  • At each step, the promulgation of ever-more draconian punishments for ever-lesser offenses, and the criminalization of ever-broader swathes of ordinary human behavior, have been greeted with hosannahs from a public and press who seem to be insatiable gluttons for punishment someone else's punishment, that is, and preferably someone of dusky hue ...

    Shackles and Chains: America Leads the World Again 2009

  • I am sorry that a low rent, watered down version of Nixon has you doing back flips and singing hosannahs in his name but Obama will never be more than a recipe for mediocracy.

    Report: Richardson Dropping Out 2009

  • Such were the hosannahs which greeted his characterization of the whitefaced, decadent master-of-ceremonies that he was forthwith elevated to stardom and saluted with the Tony Award at season's end.

    The Little Professor: 2008

  • Such were the hosannahs which greeted his characterization of the whitefaced, decadent master-of-ceremonies that he was forthwith elevated to stardom and saluted with the Tony Award at season's end.

    Scattered Musings 2008

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