crucifix
Example Sentences
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The crucifix and Elgin watch conjured Sunday mornings and the quiet pride of women who never stepped outside without dignity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
A small crucifix is affixed to the wall above, and a rolling, pink-topped hospital table sits on the far side of the room.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
Someone knelt down and clipped a microphone to her lapel, a few inches from the crucifix that dangled from her neck.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025
A single, white rose was pictured lying on the stone tomb that bears the name he was known by during his pontificate, below a crucifix illuminated by a single spotlight.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025
“Padre,” I said, kissing the crucifix he offered me, “I feel lost. I don’t know what the Lord requires of us in these hard times.”
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
