altar

Example Sentences

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Scorsese grew up in New York’s Little Italy as a Catholic altar boy and aspiring priest who was also fascinated by the mafiosos that loomed large in his community.

From The Wall Street Journal

Blanc will reveal the truth, proclaiming his choice to “kneel at the altar of the rational.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mapplethorpe genuflects at the altar of that icon with a platinum portrait of Warhol, backed by a halo of light and surrounded by silk panels that form a cross.

From The Wall Street Journal

Newly restored, the sculpture buzzes in a far corner like an altar to some neon god, at once ominous and magnetic.

From New York Times

It has one couple everyone is rooting for in Tiffany and Brent that's also the show's first pair of Black folks brought to the altar by the show.

From Salon