sacred word
Example Sentences
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Muslims consider the Quran the sacred word of God and view any intentional damage or show of disrespect towards it as deeply offensive.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023
“Eradication is a very sacred word in public health; to eradicate means it is gone permanently, and the only virus we have done that with so far is smallpox,” Dr. Osterholm said.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022
To which Alan Dressler, a Carnegie Observatories astronomer and one of the founders of the Webb telescope project, replied, “Hallelujah! — another sacred word for the moment, Tod.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021
But the "cold feeters," as one of the stalwarts called them, were shamed into continuing so that Los Angeles could keep "its sacred word."
From Time Magazine Archive
“I give you my sacred word it was not a hot tomato.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
