anointing

Example Sentences

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In that sense, it appeared more like an anointing than a procedural formality: the veteran of the American left passing the baton to a younger standard-bearer.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

Malcolm X is at the heart of it all, his image anointing the walls and a photograph of his former home, boarded up with a sign advertising its rehabilitation, presented without comment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

But she proved the doubters wrong, anointing herself in the process as a global fashion icon.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

He was anointing them, he said, to become poll workers.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2024

But in his own field of endeavor, which he was now practicing, the slow, imperial smelling over and anointing of an area, he has no peer.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck