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- noun Plural form of
amen . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
amen .
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Examples
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I'd count on some pentecostal preaching about Apple products and some amens from the aisle, but couldn't say anything else.
Win 7 Vs Mac OS X Leopard: Feature-by-Feature Showdown | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Jer Emp.tom. vi.p. 240.] 73 Aetium Placidus mactavit semivir amens, is the expression of Sidonius, (Panegyr.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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It was an enthusiastic crowd but they didn't quite feel the gospel numbers in their bones; yes, they hooted and made some embarrassing if sincere stabs at some "amens" and "uh-huhs."
Michael Giltz: Music: Mavis Staples Shines, Fitz & Tantrums Party Michael Giltz 2011
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But my "amens" turned to "preach!" after reading the forceful comments President Obama made after he ended an interview with Rolling Stone (on newsstands and the Web now) but returned to make one final point.
Obama cracks whip on weak-willed Dems Jonathan Capehart 2010
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It was an enthusiastic crowd but they didn't quite feel the gospel numbers in their bones; yes, they hooted and made some embarrassing if sincere stabs at some "amens" and "uh-huhs."
Michael Giltz: Music: Mavis Staples Shines, Fitz & Tantrums Party Michael Giltz 2011
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Unlike the "amens" shouted in a church, these types of shout outs should be addressed sternly as McCain did in one instance when a fan likened Obama to a terrorist in front of him.
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But even so, there was a good-natured quality to the cat-calls and a chorus of "amens" that joined his at the end.
Phil Bronstein: Obama's Inauguration Plays to Raves and Jeers in San Francisco 2009
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So Benji, age 2, knows we're doing "amens" and is trying to figure it all out.
Benjamin's Trying to Figure out Praying Becca 2009
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On the other hand, what we have with her opponents are people walking around with their fingers in the wind, ready to jump in front of the gust to prove that they are where they people are, to the sound "amens" and "cheers" from "natives" and "collective unconscious."
Hillary "Troubled" By Mukasey On Torture, But Won't Rule Out Supporting Him 2009
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By parlaying his exposure on various mainstream media outlets in the U.S., and gaining the ear of the neo-conservatives in the Bush administration, Chalabi managed to turn his unfounded claims into a gospel truth to which the Washington Post and New York Times, among others, offered a devout chorus of "amens".
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