chalice

Example Sentences

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“You need fire and you need a chalice. To me, that fire is my creativity. It’s my birthright to create. And that chalice is the community that holds me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

He once described the prospect of a humiliating cease-fire with Iraq as drinking from a poisoned chalice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

He said some people had warned him that the job would be a "poisoned chalice".

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

The prospect of back-to-back Wooden Spoons is now a distinct possibility for Wales and will mark a new milestone for Italy in avoiding that unwanted chalice two years in a row.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

Rabbi Galanos returned the chalice to its spot on the sideboard, then walked to where the two bowls sat.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack