90 examples of convento in sentences

" Juli said nothing, but Sister Bali took this advice as though she had read it in a novena, and was ready to accompany the girl to the convento.

But Juli shook her head and was unwilling to go to the convento.

Haven't you read in the booklet Tandang Basio, given you by the curate, that the girls should go to the convento, even without the knowledge of their elders, to relate what is going on at home?

In the street the girl firmly refused to go to the convento and they returned to their village.

The wretched girl arose, prayed, wept, called upon her mother, upon death, and there was even a moment when, overcome with terror, if it had not been night-time, she would have run straight to the convento, let happen what would.

Sister Bali thereupon rejoiced and tried to soothe her, but Juli paid no attention to her, apparently intent only upon hurrying to the convento.

Nevertheless, when they came in sight of the convento, she stopped and began to tremble.

But upon arriving at the door of the convento, Juli firmly refused to go in, catching hold of the wall.

In the face of that reproach, with wrath and desperation mingled, like one who rushes to suicide, Juli closed her eyes in order not to see the abyss into which she was hurling herself and resolutely entered the convento.

A girl had leaped from a window of the convento, falling upon some stones and killing herself.

Almost at the same time another woman had rushed out of the convento to run through the streets shouting and screaming like a lunatic.

Later, very much later, at twilight, an old man came from a village and stood calling at the door of the convento, which was closed and guarded by sacristans.

Then he made his way to the gobernadorcillo's house, but was told that the gobernadorcillo was not there, he was at the convento; he went to the Justice of the Peace, but neither was the Justice of the Peace at homehe had been summoned to the convento; he went to the teniente-mayor, but he too was at the convento; he directed his steps to the barracks, but the lieutenant of the Civil Guard was at the convento.

Then he made his way to the gobernadorcillo's house, but was told that the gobernadorcillo was not there, he was at the convento; he went to the Justice of the Peace, but neither was the Justice of the Peace at homehe had been summoned to the convento; he went to the teniente-mayor, but he too was at the convento; he directed his steps to the barracks, but the lieutenant of the Civil Guard was at the convento.

Then he made his way to the gobernadorcillo's house, but was told that the gobernadorcillo was not there, he was at the convento; he went to the Justice of the Peace, but neither was the Justice of the Peace at homehe had been summoned to the convento; he went to the teniente-mayor, but he too was at the convento; he directed his steps to the barracks, but the lieutenant of the Civil Guard was at the convento.

" At eight o'clock in the evening it was rumored that more than seven friars, proceeding from neighboring towns, were assembled in the convento to hold a conference.

Only when the object of the attack was a convento or a Spaniard there then appeared long articles giving frightful details and asking for martial law, energetic measures, and so on.

The only one who knew anything certain was Padre Camorra, who had to leave the town, to be transferred to another or to remain for some time in the convento in Manila.

¿Cuándo se ha visto el convento tan favorecido como ahora?...

Siempre dice que no es más que un pobre organista de convento, y puede dar lecciones de solfa al mismo maestro de capilla de la Primada; como que echó los dientes en el oficio.

baste el ver como todo lo más florido de Sevilla, hasta el mismo señor arzobispo, vienen á un humilde convento para escucharle; y no se crea que solo la gente

Esto diciendo, la buena mujer que había servido de cicerone á su vecina, atravesó el atrio del convento de Santa Inés, y codazo

Ni aun su hija que es profesora, y después de la muerte de su padre entró en el convento de novicia.

La abadesa del convento de Santa Inés y la hija de maese Pérez hablaban en voz baja, medio ocultas entre las sombras del coro de la iglesia.

convento, m., convent, cloister, monastery.

90 examples of  convento  in sentences