Examples of 'dervishes' in a sentence

Meaning of "dervishes"

A dervish refers to a member of a Muslim religious order who has taken vows of poverty and austerity
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Dervishes wandered from place to place teaching.
I thought brides were supposed to be whirling dervishes of activity.
The dervishes were known to be very hospitable.
They tore through here like dervishes.
Most children are whirling dervishes of chaos and disorganization.
The dervishes now appear as an intolerable difference in society.
He is often revered by dervishes and swashbucklers.
You dervishes are as crazy as rats in a pantry.
I need you to pass out some whirling dervishes.
A number of dervishes were present with me when he said this.
Faqar is the way of true dervishes.
Dervishes whirling for divine love.
I fought the dervishes in the desert.
Named after the traditional dervishes.
Whirling dervishes perform a dance called the sema.

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The building was a centre for sufis and dervishes.
Dervishes staying in the building.
Upon arrival we will visit the whirling dervishes.
My dervishes are sleeping in the barn.
Hani is watching the whirling dervishes.
Ask your dervishes to help me.
I knew whole families of dervishes.
Dervishes are listening to me.
They are all dervishes.
The dervishes of that order shave their head and eyebrows.
And the whirling dervishes.
The whirling dervishes wear a special costume symbolizing the death of ego.
The feats performed by inspired dervishes belong to the same class.
The two orbit around each other like whirling dervishes.
It includes a portrait of dervishes with tamed cats and two small kashkūls.
The whirlingest of dervishes.
The forts of the dervishes were damaged and the army suffered great losses.
He described to me the unbelievable show of the rotating dervishes of that city.
The dervishes who stayed loyal to him were killed in front of his eyes.
Number of other dervishes.
Many of the dervishes are mendicant ascetics who have taken the vow of poverty.
Another famous monastery of its time was that of the halveti dervishes.
Dervishes and minstrels also armed themselves and joined the fighting whenever necessary.
Puppies play hard and can be whirling dervishes around the home.
After all the dervishes have done this they kneel and remove their black cloaks.
These macun varieties were served at meals he consumed with other dervishes and friends.
The book is about the whirling dervishes and the ceremonies with which they are involved.
My father said about pilots that they are the whirling dervishes of the modern era.
Dervishes and minstrels also used to arm themselves and joined the fighting whenever necessary.
In order to explain this idea the faqirs and dervishes have told a story.
The presence of dervishes is well attested in Slavonia.
Pope with all his cardinals will walk behind me dressed like ordinary dervishes.
The worldly people are impure while the dervishes are pure in their souls.
The expedition was involved in several battles with the Dervishes.
The first phase revealed new details about the dervishes who lived there in the past.

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