altar

Example Sentences

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They’d continue to play his music and worship at his altar.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

While the other candidates pressed their palms against the podiums, ready to pounce on every question, Becerra clasped his hands like an altar boy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Around the altar, placards bearing the names of Christian villages in south Lebanon -- cut off from the rest of the country or under fire -- had been placed.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Or maybe, Elizabeth Goldring impishly suggests in “Holbein: Renaissance Master,” he meant that he’d happily take Communion if only the table were more beautiful—dressed up, say, like a Catholic altar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Twelve: I take my seat on the cold concrete floor, watching as a full-grown woman kneels before an altar made of fudge.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris