| They can be satisfied by ritualistic observance with little meaning, defeating their intended objectives. |
| Our leaders go through a ritualistic exercise, vowing to unearth the culprits immediately and giving them exemplary punishment. |
| The poet's ritualistic performance, however, does not simply imitate a traditional daily Mass. |
| There are tears in his eyes, as though this is some sort of ritualistic experience for him. |
| A scene between her and a man plays out in a dumbshow in a doorway, like a ritualistic re-enactment of an everyday scene. |
| In the ritualistic piece that preludes actual narration, the Chakyar depicts how he has come a long way down to earth from heaven. |
