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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
hymn .
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Examples
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More interesting, to the social historian, than the peace they hymned is the account of the various motives that drove women, when Buddhism had arisen, from the world to embrace the an-agāriyā or homeless life.
Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909
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Another Pope had in a solemn allocution hymned the murder of
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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The choir, made up of more than 100 children from four north Manchester primary schools in ankle socks and pigtails and cardies, sing sweetly, if not with the soaring transcendence of the 1929 recording, but their big moment – a re-creation of the occasion when the nymphs and shepherds were triumphantly hymned – is muffled: it needs to stand on its own pinnacle, away from the beguiling story of late love.
That Day We Sang; The Crash of the Elysium; The Village Bike – review 2011
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The air—"translucent as wine," hymned one poet—quickens the heart.
City of Peace—and War Norman Lebrecht 2011
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The financial crisis was blamed for driving people to smoking and a radio show rolled out chansons from 1938 onward in which suitably husky-voiced singers hymned the need for nicotine to get through hard times.
Lighting Up the Cultural Differences Lennox Morrison 2010
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And when the tenement dwellers hymned the praises of ice cream on a blistering day, I knew I had fallen in love.
London Theater Journal: Back to New York, Onstage at Least - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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It is exactly what Baudelaire hymned: "the fugitive, fleeting beauty of present-day life".
Camille Silvy: Photographer of Modern Life; Fiona Banner: Duveens Commission 2010 2010
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And when the tenement dwellers hymned the praises of ice cream on a blistering day, I knew I had fallen in love.
London Theater Journal: Back to New York, Onstage at Least - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Financial advice magazines hymned the all-American members of small-town investment clubs.
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Every step was planned, every step was hymned, every step was perfect.
Christina Patterson: Just What, Exactly, is the Army for? Christina Patterson 2010
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