ritualize

Example Sentences

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But although playing is fun for all involved—and fun for those who are watching—play behaviors evolved as ritualized forms of survival skills needed later in life, providing the opportunity to perfect those skills.

From Scientific American

Many social species, from meerkats to dogs to great apes, engage in ritualized play to hone skills they’ll need as adults—and, from everything we can tell, for the joy of it.

From Scientific American

And in her most famous story, “The Lottery,” evil has been ritualized into a small town’s annual get-together — replete with gossip, good-natured joking around and pockets full of stones.

From Los Angeles Times

“In other cultures, both East and West,” Hymowitz writes, “parents prize manners and ritualized courtesies over the child’s self-expression. The French teach their two-year-olds to say ‘bonjour, madame’ or ‘monsieur’ in every encounter.”

From Washington Post

Quarterback succession ceremonies often begin with this type of ritualized, ego-soothing denial of the obvious.

From New York Times