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

War is hell, but that’s not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien