How to Use altar in a Sentence

altar

noun

• Guests took their seats, and the couple walked to the altar.
  — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 14 July 2023
• To me, those tiny altars were the pilot lights of our house.
  — Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• Fame trumps all, and the media fawn and favor at the altar.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
• Make sure to cleanse the altar with sage or sweetgrass.
  — Nena Farrell, Sunset Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
• And what’s the deal with Taissa’s out-of-body episodes and creepy altar in the basement?
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
• Standing hand in hand at the altar, my heart skipped a beat.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
• The orb will be placed in King Charles' right hand before its placed at the altar.
  — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• Does that open the door wider for Skydance to get Paramount to the altar?
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 May 2024
• The bride met the groom at the altar wearing a Monique Lhuillier dress and bolero.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2024
• The former couple were one of the few matches from the show who made it down the altar.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 Jan. 2024
• The relics will be displayed on a table in the center aisle near the altar.
  — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
• Wipe down the altar and the items on it before placing them back.
  — Zayda Rivera, Parents, 2 July 2024
• An old man in a driving hat takes a seat by the altar, leans over, and ties his shoes.
  — Anna Deforest, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
• This is Williams’ fourth time at the altar, about a year and a half after the death of his third wife, Mary Jane Thomas.
  — al, 12 Sep. 2023
• It is then placed on the altar before the moment of crowning.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 May 2023
• Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz are headed to the altar!
  — Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
• The issue is that his great-uncle jilted my great-aunt at the altar in the 1970s.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
• The florals were strung up above the altar and trailed down into the aisle below.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 June 2022
• And a bride with cold feet is now a groom trying not to jilt his husband-to-be at the altar.
  — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
• The stained altar cloth is preserved in the cathedral today.
  — Perri Klass, New York Times, 5 July 2023
• The first slate of episodes are already hinting at disaster on the road to the altar.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• In front of the photo, a single candle placed on an altar flickered in the breeze.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• On a January night in 1902, the sports wedding of the year took place at the marble altar.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2024
• Only some of the couples make it to the altar, and there's always way too much drama along the way.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 May 2023
• The sound of children playing filtered in through the windows; in front of him was the main altar, draped in white cloth.
  — Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• While Jackie and Marshall didn’t make it to the altar, Micah and Paul did.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023
• But whether the pet belongs to one half of the happy couple or both, the people at the altar have their hands full.
  — Andrea Ball, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2022
• Then the crown and the orb and scepter were removed from atop the coffin and placed on the altar — separating them from the queen for the last time.
  — Danica Kirka, Chron, 19 Sep. 2022
• The two then got engaged and ended up saying yes at the altar in the season 4 finale.
  — Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
• In another, headmaster Groff himself can be seen at the altar in a kilt, with Swindells raising his fist in a triumphant pose.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024