apparition

Example Sentences

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“She is Our Lady of Guadalupe,” he tells me, a Marian apparition venerated as a national icon in Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

One of the finest stories here, “Late,” involves another apparition.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

According to legend, the miraculous apparition of Saints Peter and Paul during the meeting between Pope Leo I and Attila the king of the Huns in 452 AD made the latter desist from invading Italy.

From BBC • May 9, 2025

Least expensive: “A Polaroid of an apparition of the Virgin Mary in a glass structure in Clearwater, Fla. I got it on eBay for $7.”

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

The apparition jumped over a fence and chased a stick that somehow landed in the middle of Ignatius’ quilt.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole