biblical

Example Sentences

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Leo used two biblical images to describe the choice humanity faces.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Abraham Lincoln, for instance, evoked a biblical passage to frame the preamble’s emphasis on equality as a foundational American concept.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It doesn’t lose its way, yet doesn’t feel entirely confined to one place — a critical component that allows “Is God Is” to play like a modern biblical fable.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

He had spent years trying to tell biblical stories at the scale portrayed in the source material.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

But why did this lead Holmes to assume that Indians must have migrated to the Americas in the recent past, a view springing from biblical chronology?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann