baptized
Example Sentences
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That same sea that baptized me is, for thousands of others, a grave.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Vermeer was born in Delft amid the Wars of Religion and baptized in the Calvinist Reformed Church.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
As Sabin remarked in a 1959 interview with Pravda, “the live vaccine was born in the U.S., but baptized in the U.S.S.R.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
A month after losing his mother, Mpoyi was baptized at chapel held in the school gym.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
It was due to the influence of the Mbekela brothers that I myself was baptized into the Methodist, or Wesleyan Church as it was then known, and sent to school.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
