christening

Example Sentences

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Bitcoin had risen nine out of the previous 11 Octobers before this year, according to Dow Jones Market Data, leading to some bulls christening the month “Uptober.”

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

I’d recently treated myself to a deep red nonstick Bundt pan and this recipe became its christening.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025

And pretty quickly thereafter, some slamming winter rains did their own kind of christening and Prospect Bar got washed away, to be replaced almost at once by the even more grandly named Eldoradoville.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

The exhibits – such as a christening robe, toys, and letters - captures the sense of love, loss and loneliness which they experienced.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

They were blessed with all these fairy gifts, gifts the witch had been denied at her own christening.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart