sanctified

Example Sentences

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It is a lovely, gorgeously sung performance, sanctified by the suffering it embodies, of a woman who fought tirelessly for a husband who did not know how to love her back.

From Washington Post

And because Mario was Mario — a sanctified hero in liberal America — Andrew got to go on being Andrew, which basically entailed wielding power he hadn’t earned, saying and doing whatever he pleased.

From Washington Post

The bloody incident has been sanctified in textbooks as the “Gwangju Democratization Movement.”

From Seattle Times

There’s a reason that parishioners who tried it during the pandemic were eager to return to their sanctified spaces — the experience is different.

From Seattle Times

“Although popular American opinion placed such great importance on the disposition of its dead, burial being a sanctified duty, no one but the black man was asked to do the job,” she wrote.

From Washington Post