altar

Example Sentences

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They seem to be lowering Christ’s corpse, which is thrust forward from the picture plane, onto the altar below the painting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

A blue-lit image of Jackson was projected on a giant screen behind an altar.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Overcoming the piddly obstacle of the class barrier supposedly dividing Benedict and Sophie was less of a question than a matter of which divine device would be manufactured to smooth their way to the altar.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

That stone now sits in an altar at St Davids Cathedral, built on the site of his original monastery.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Bob started cleaning up, collecting their trash in a little pile, using his squirt bottle to wipe off the altar.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan