holiness

Example Sentences

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But she still knew all the words, albeit this time to a traditional hymn about the holiness of the Lord.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

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

“He going to learn,” he said at last, “that it ain’t all in the singing and the shouting—the way of holiness is a hard way. He got the steep side of the mountain to climb.”

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin