hallow

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow — this ground.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2018

Happily for America, we rely on lessons of experience where we hallow and raise not men but ideas and virtues.

From Time ● Sep. 16, 2016

For a self-proclaimed straight shooter, Rousey rang hallow during fight week when she said on a pre-bout conference call with media that if fans wanted another bout with Tate so did she.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2015

Rarely does he wield it with power — instead, his soft hallow scrape is marked by flexibility and candor.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2015

I spell hallow, which is a great word but also opens up a triple-word-score spot for her.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

He came on a meadow between two streams where the flower called white hallows grew thick, and as these blossoms are rare and prized by healers, he came back again next day.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Edmund Burke's house, also in Gerrard Street, is a beer-shop; but his memory hallows the place, and an inscription upon it proudly announces that here he lived.

From Shakespeare's England by William Winter

He hallows every heart he once has swayed, And when his presence we no longer share, Still leaves —— as a relic there.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

This I will teach you to fulfill, and show you that it does not detract from happiness, but hallows and strengthens it.

From A Twofold Life by Wilhelmine von Hillern

"Go," said I, "simple ones, and break your fallows, Crush autumn apples in the cider press, Law, gaffer Stiles, thy humble name still hallows, Contracted to J. S."

From Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics Second Series by James Williams

Outside the Azteca Stadium on Friday for the opening match against South Africa, fans quoted a range of figures they'd paid for one of the hallowed tickets.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

But that he’s done it with such singular style and childlike glee is enough to make the audience remember that a movie theater is a hallowed space.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

The 60-year-old Azteca, which hosts the opening game of the 2026 World Cup on Thursday, is a hallowed name across the soccer universe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

To adapt a hallowed and revered work of this scope, across decades and generations, brimming with magical realism, was, of course, daunting for the showrunners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Baba had been the one to teach him and Kamau those hallowed words when they were small.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Now “Becoming” is the hallowing of her second coming: as an unprecedented, potentially billion-dollar American brand.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 6, 2018

At St. Louis they drove across the prairie through flowering and fragrant shrubs, past orchards bending and breaking with loads of fruit, where boys rode by on calico ponies "hallowing & laughing."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Central Committee's hallowing of that 1976 ceremony was a subtle way for Teng to humiliate his old enemies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dropping on their knees, and covering their faces, they joined her “Amens” with hushed voices, and into their susceptible hearts the hallowing influence of the religious festival found ready entrance.

From Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story by Mrs. S. S. Robbins

He spoke of their belonging to each other more completely than ever before, of the sacred hallowing influence the death of the innocent child would have upon both their lives.

From The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann