RELIGION in a Sentence

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195 example sentences for RELIGION, such as:

1. Maybe religion should help to straighten him out.
2. He aims his bile at religion, drugs, and politics.
3. She simply observes the outward forms of religion.
4. We want to cut across lines of race, sex and religion.
5. Priestley's rational outlook in science carried over to religion.

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 Meanings and Examples of RELIGION
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religion
 n.  belief in supernatural power regarded as creator and governor of the universe
Classic Sentence: (142 in 10 pages)
1  And this from no other cause than the religion which Numa had impressed upon this city.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI.
2  This is easily understood when it is seen on what foundation that religion rests in which a man is born.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII.
3  For every religion has its root in certain fundamental ordinances peculiar to itself.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII.
4  The religion of the Gentiles had its beginning in the responses of the oracles and in the prognostics of the augurs and soothsayers.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII.
5  Here it seems to me not out of place to cite instances of the Romans seeking assistance from religion in reforming their institutions and in carrying out their warlike designs.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII.
6  Again, at the siege of Veii, we find the Roman commanders making use of religion to keep the minds of their men well disposed towards that enterprise.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII.
7  In these cases, therefore, we see religion, wisely used, assist in the reduction of this city, and in restoring the tribuneship to the nobles; neither of which ends could well have been effected without it.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII.
8  The nobles, in their efforts to baffle him, had recourse to religion, which they sought to turn to account in two ways.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII.
9  And thus, with the help of religion, the senate were able to overcome a difficulty which they never could have overcome without it.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII.
10  Auguries were not only, as we have shown above, a main foundation of the old religion of the Gentiles, but were also the cause of the prosperity of the Roman commonwealth.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV.
11  And contriving, in this way to make his designs tally with the auspices, he joined battle, without the army knowing that the ordinances of religion had in any degree been disregarded.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV.
12  In the battle which ensued, the Samnites were routed, any firmness lent them by religion or by the oath they had sworn, being balanced by the Roman valour, and the terror inspired by past defeats.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV.
13  This example, together with many others already noticed, shows how much virtue and how profound a feeling of religion prevailed among the Roman people, and how much good was to be expected from them.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LV.
14  From this fact it may be gathered what honesty and religion still prevail among this people.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LV.
15  This is enough to say concerning commonwealths, but as regards sects, we see from the instance of our own religion that here too a like renewal is needed.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I.
Example Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
16  He had an unrivalled knowledge of south Arabian society, religion, law and customs.
17  Maybe religion should help to straighten him out.
18  Men have lost their reason in nothig so much as their religion, wherein stones and clouts make martyrs.
19  They are touchy on the subject of religion and you have to pick your words carefully when talking about it.
20  He aims his bile at religion, drugs, and politics.
21  The book explores the relationship between religion and civilization.
22  She is part of the small but growing number of public relations experts who represent big names in religion.
23  At this fundamental level of resource there can not be any easy interchange without changing an old or creating a new religion.
24  Priestley's rational outlook in science carried over to religion.
25  It is accepted wisdom that science has been partly responsible for the decline of religion.
26  Kennett embodied in one man an unusual range of science, music and religion.
27  We want to cut across lines of race, sex and religion.
28  She simply observes the outward forms of religion.
29  We live in an increasingly secular society, in which religion has less and less influence on our daily lives.
30  The mayor compared the city to a beautiful mosaic made up of people of every race and religion on earth.