holiness

Example Sentences

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Nobody calls holiness home—although, ironically, doing so is an all-too-human habit.

From Slate • May 15, 2024

It’s an elegiac relationship, compounded by the recent passing of my grandmother, who embodied holiness and unadulterated love in every sense.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

"There can be no mixing, then, of religious beliefs and violence, of holiness and oppression, of religious traditions and sectarianism," Francis said.

From Reuters • Sep. 3, 2023

“These places of transcendent holiness are not specifically attached to any one culture or territory,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

People who make good choices in life, they unleash that holiness on the world.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx