holiness

Example Sentences

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Nobody calls holiness home—although, ironically, doing so is an all-too-human habit.

From Slate • May 15, 2024

It’s an elegiac relationship, compounded by the recent passing of my grandmother, who embodied holiness and unadulterated love in every sense.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

"There can be no mixing, then, of religious beliefs and violence, of holiness and oppression, of religious traditions and sectarianism," Francis said.

From Reuters • Sep. 3, 2023

Some say it’s a sign of holiness in Catholicism, while others say the lack of decomposition may not be as rare as people think.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2023

‘He believed in the holiness of the human spirit.’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers