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Example sentences for "may the"

  • May the water-shedding Spirits bear thee upward, cooling thee with their swift motion through the air, and sprinkling thee with dew.

  • May the condemnation of Shamash overtake him forthwith; may he be deprived of water above among the living, and his spirit below in the earth.

  • O may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord!

  • O may the righteous, when I stray, Smite, and reprove my wandering way!

  • Come, and with humble souls adore, Come, kneel before his face; O may the creatures of his power Be children of his grace!

  • As this blood of yours sinks into the earth, so may the memory of your past life sink and be forgotten, for you are born again of the people of Anahuac.

  • Then, Thomas, may the curse of God rest upon you till you find him and finish that which you began to-day.

  • May the gods be my witness that when I entered this place I had no thought or knowledge that I was destined to so high an honour as that which you would thrust upon me.

  • Moreover if this were welcome to all and well pleasing, may the city of king Priam yet be an habitation, and Menelaos take back Helen of Argos.

  • So come, let us now call to arms as we may the sons of the Achaians.

  • So come, let us call to arms as we may the sons of the Achaians.

  • May the dew of the morning bring flowers to your life, Excellency," was the reply.

  • May the leaves of life be green always, but I am Mata the slave," she said stubbornly, shaking her head.

  • May the shades of thy departed parents, Sappho, smile approvingly when these tidings of their child shall reach them in the nether world.

  • May the judges of the dead-may Osiris--have mercy on our souls!

  • May the Shepherd of Israel never leave them nor forsake them, and may they become willing to follow his leading.

  • May the blessing of preservation rest upon the beloved partner of my sorrows and my joys, and on myself; and may He whom we desire to serve heal all our maladies of body and mind!

  • May the blessing of the Lord rest upon this humble endeavor as a means of bringing us nearer to himself.

  • May the remainder of my days be so devoted to the Lord's service, as, when the solemn message of death is sent, I may have nothing to do but to render up my accounts with joy!

  • May the God in heaven bless you thin, and make you happy, whoever wins the bright darling by your side; and may the good days come back to yer house and all that belongs to it.

  • Shure, an' it's yer honor knows me well enough; and her ladyship too; may the heavens be her bed.

  • May the heavens be yer bed then, the lot of yez, for ye war always good to the poor.

  • May the heavens be your bed, for it's you is the frind to a poor man.

  • May the heavens be her bed when the Lord takes her!

  • Active Friendship: May the hinges of friendship never grow rusty.

  • Our Country: May the form of liberty never be used to subvert the principles of true freedom.

  • Our Harvests: May the sunshine of plenty dispel the clouds of care.

  • Enduring Prudence: May the pleasures of youth never bring us pain in old age.

  • Deliverance in Trouble: May the sunshine of hope dispel the clouds of calamity.

  • So may the storms be breasted by walls they cannot shake from their foundations.

  • So may the tides be in some small measure restrained in their inroads.

  • So may the changes of the seasons, from cold that freezes to heats that strike with sudden death, be guarded against.

  • This) enchantment may the spirit of heaven remember, may the spirit of earth remember.

  • One of them says of a sick man: 1 "May the goddess .

  • May the publication of this translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas lend a fresh impulse to the realization of this universal vision, opening vistas of a worldwide regeneration.

  • May the clemency of the Holy Spirit achieve it!

  • May the flame of holy desire to follow this holy Cross and to be reconciled with your neighbour, increase in you!

  • So may the Cross be a bed where the soul may rest: a table where may be tasted heavenly food, the fruit of patience with quietness and assurance.

  • May the upshot of everything be unto you like a plenteous year's harvest.

  • May the Gods, Simo, send on you many blessings!

  • May the Gods do towards me what they please, if for that speech I don't make you free over again, and if I don't torture Scapha to death.

  • May the Lord of heaven keep our child's mind right!

  • Well," said she, "may the name of the Lord that sent this upon us be praised forever!

  • He replied, "May the age of your majesty be a hundred and twenty years!

  • They replied, "May the king's age and wealth be always on the increase!


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "may the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    also heard; artificial manure; bidding them; colonial trade; intellectual development; laughed softly; may add; may also; may appear; may call; may come; may find; may have been the; may here; may now; may perhaps; may say; may see; may suppose; may the; may well; mayonnaise dressing; mayonnaise sauce; mayor parte; mayst thou; string beans