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
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
At a church on the plantation site, a sign, in French, beneath the crucifix reads: “Let us pray for our Chagossian brothers and sisters.”
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024
The spray-painted mural is complete with the religious imagery of a crucifix and several battling angels and devils wreaking havoc.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024
In the glimmer of light from the hallway that streamed underneath the closed door, I could see the crucifix on the wall and Mamas figure on a chair at the foot of my bed.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
