How to Use holy water in a Sentence

holy water

noun
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  • The parents asked Fisher to say a prayer and bless the child with holy water.
    — Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The truth would’ve burned like holy water on a vampire.
    — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2021
  • This time, Hughes refused the holy water; prayers would have to do.
    — David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2020
  • The healing quality of holy water is the formal source of this work.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Smith and Linney have the film’s best scene together, when Lily visits the baths filled with holy water at the shrine.
    — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
  • Pilgrims would eagerly await the ukukus, backs bent from the weight of the ice, who would place the blocks along the pathway to the temple, to be used as holy water.
    — New York Times, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Yes, a priest or friar will come by each car or bike and bless the deceased’s picture with holy water.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Some of the dead were families from outside the area that had come to take nearby holy waters, said a resident.
    — Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Monks who lived in a nearby monastery where both Merianos and her two daughters were baptized would come to pray for her, bless her, and bring her holy water.
    — Danielle Campoamor, Woman's Day, 3 Aug. 2020
  • People deposited coins in a slot that pressed on a metal valve, and released holy water.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The service also included a reading of the Beatitudes, sprinkling of holy water and the Lord’s prayer.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Air Max 97 sneakers, including adding holy water taken from the Jordan River to the soles.
    — Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Now those left behind were gathered in front of Villanueva, who sprinkled the boxes with holy water and then led the relatives in a prayer.
    — Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 25 June 2017
  • The person selling the item included a photo of the previous owner and said the chandelier had been blessed with holy water and oil.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2021
  • At the top of the hour, suspenseful music played as Angela spritzed herself with holy water before stepping into the bullpen.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 1 Jan. 2023
  • During the ceremony, when Sineenat lay at the king’s feet to be anointed with holy water, Suthida looked away and appeared to sigh.
    — Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Volunteers brought eggs, cakes and, two days before the holiday, holy water.
    — New York Times, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The truckers’ vehicles are blessed with holy water during a special Mass in honor of them and their families.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Fresh holy water brought from the River Jordan by Prince Charles following his tour there last week will likely be used in the ceremony.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Carminati and a fellow priest recited the rite of the dead, with a Psalm and Scripture reading, and gave each coffin a final benediction and blessing with holy water.
    — Maria Grazia Murru and Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Regula offered a few words to the family before dousing the objects with holy water.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2020
  • Sometimes the chaplain needs to be pointed toward the appropriate Bible passage, and sometimes the holy water is in a Styrofoam cup.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2023
  • But despite a suitcase filled with all the usual tools to dispatch vampires — holy water, a crucifix, a wooden stake and silver hammer — things don’t go as planned.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Venice’s patriarch splashed the transparent barriers with holy water. Venice for Whom?
    — Emma Bubola Laetitia Vancon, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Following the ceremony, the community members were provided bottles of holy water to bless the ground of the new chapel, which will hold around 350 people when full.
    — Meagan Ellsworth, Chron, 6 Feb. 2021
  • One video showed a demonstrator walking around the waiting room and throwing what appeared to be holy water on furniture and other demonstrators.
    — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023
  • These include christening royal babies in holy water imported from the River Jordan and princes being required to wear shorts until the age of eight.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2022
  • To insure that it isn’t further compromised by perplexing choices, it’s been suspended in a solution of holy water and lamb’s blood, placed in an ancient alabaster vessel, and buried in the desert.
    — Jay Martel, The New Yorker, 14 May 2022
  • They would also likely have been used as containers, holding wine, honey, beer, medicines, scented oils, holy water, mercury, or perfumes.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 May 2022
  • Evil Dead, while introducing an item of Jewish significance that could join the horror lexicon of holy relics (think a crucifix or holy water).
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021

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