anointing
Example Sentences
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In that sense, it appeared more like an anointing than a procedural formality: the veteran of the American left passing the baton to a younger standard-bearer.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026
Can’t we just enjoy all their greatness as part of Dodgers history without anointing one greater than another?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2025
He was anointing them, he said, to become poll workers.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024
While Liverpool youngster Ben Woodburn grabbed headlines for a goal and assist in World Cup qualifying, Williams was anointing an unused sub as his natural heir as Wales centre-back and leader.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024
But in his own field of endeavor, which he was now practicing, the slow, imperial smelling over and anointing of an area, he has no peer.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
