churchlike

Example Sentences

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I remember their home and the churchlike windows facing their lush backyard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

Her ‘60s-meets-2020 “Sleigh Ride” is like hearing a new song and her “Silent Night” is churchlike, respectfully glorious.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2020

The churchlike space is bedecked with stained-glass windows, gold moulding, and oil paintings of men in wigs.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2019

Crowds still waited for hours in the brutal heat to enter the churchlike museum.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2016

She had pull with the police department, so the men in their flashy suits and fleshy scars sat with churchlike decorum and waited to ask favors from her.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou