CONGREGATION in sample sentences

He was used to us getting hand-me-downs from the congregations and that was fine with him.

James McBride -- The Color of Water

He turned toward the congregation with the air of a preacher himself.

Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible

Some were in our congregation and some from other churches, but they had all come together to pray for our son.

Todd Burpo -- Heaven Is for Real

Now, I knew I hadn’t exactly been the most spiritual kid in the congregation, but I still found his behavior sort of odd.

Nicholas Sparks -- A Walk to Remember

There was a rustling of dresses, and the standing congregation sat down.

Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

And the congregation responded with "Amen, Amen, Amen."

Ernest J. Gaines -- A Lesson Before Dying

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On the Sabbath day, when the congregation were singing...

Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Young Goodman Brown

Each member of the congregation...

Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Minister’s Black Veil

When the people saw he didn’t want preach, they wanted to make him a deacon. But he didn’t want that either. He wanted to sit back in the congregation like the rest of us.

Ernest J. Gaines -- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

...they dispersed to their seats and the congregation sat for an instant, expectant.

William Faulkner -- The Sound and the Fury

I’m getting more people in my congregation every day.

August Wilson -- The Piano Lesson

The other members of the congregation turned to watch her, as they always did, and most of them were smiling.

Robert Lipsyte -- The Contender

But I like being part of a congregation.

Olive Ann Burns -- Cold Sassy Tree

He tells his congregation that he is living proof that religion can save anyone.

Rick Bragg -- All Over but the Shoutin’

He told the congregation to go in peace,

David Almond -- Clay

Then he ... went to the church where the congregation was waiting.

Margaret Craven -- I Heard the Owl Call My Name

...the very soft singing of the hymns by the congregation.

Thornton Wilder -- Our Town

There are over 50 million Baptists worldwide in nearly 200,000 congregations...

Baptist - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist(retrieved 05/20/06)

Adding to the furor were revelations that the Church was aware of some of the abusive priests, and simply shuffled them from congregation to congregation instead of taking action.

Roman Catholic Church - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church(retrieved 05/20/06)

Then she rose—and all the congregation stood while she walked down the aisle.

Twain, Mark -- A Tramp Abroad

But he was still left alone in it when the congregation had assembled.

Eliot, George -- Middlemarch

The female members of the congregation murmured among themselves at the inexcusable disregard of appearances implied in the bride’s dress.

Collins, Wilkie -- No Name

Entering, I found a small scattered congregation of sailors, and sailors’ wives and widows.

Melville, Herman -- Moby Dick I-LXVII

And then a whisper ran through the whole congregation, "Who is she?"

Fielding, Henry -- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

The saloon was the place of congregation.

London, Jack -- John Barleycorn

Charismatic or Pentecostal congregations may be spontaneously moved by the Holy Spirit rather than follow a formal order of service.

Christianity - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity(retrieved 05/20/06)