altar

Example Sentences

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Thomas Jefferson once wrote that he had “sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of mind.”

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

While the other candidates pressed their palms against the podiums, ready to pounce on every question, Becerra clasped his hands like an altar boy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Around the altar, placards bearing the names of Christian villages in south Lebanon -- cut off from the rest of the country or under fire -- had been placed.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Perhaps he didn’t understand the new Protestant Communion—rather than at an altar, the sacrament now took place over a table covered with a simple cloth—and he was pleading that someone explain it to him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Instead, she worked an altar cloth she’d promised Father David, and I added red flowers to the doily I’d made for Mami.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago