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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• Read Next World 4,000-year-old altar was ‘lost’ in Ireland.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
• The house was cleaned, the rice crop harvested and a rooster raised to sacrifice for the altar.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
• The bride and her procession walked a satin carpet from the dugout to an altar at second base.
  — Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
• The experience was like being deep in prayer at the altar of the keyboard.
  — wsj.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• Sandler is a wedding singer who gets dumped at the altar, which takes a toll on his career.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 14 Jan. 2023
• Our nerves are sinews, our tears and blood have been sacrificed on the altar of this nation’s avarice.
  — Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
• Even a sovereign has only two hands, so near the end of the ceremony, the monarch has to set the Orb on the altar to hold the two scepters.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• After Izzy said yes to her at the altar, Stacy dumped him, citing their need for more time.
  — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
• But even Speed, who hosts a podcast about the show, has criticized how the show treats Black women, who rarely make it to the altar.
  — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
• Bella and Chigvintsev's journey to the altar will be featured in the four-part E!
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
• On-screen, Burke left the series in 2007 after leaving Cristina at the altar.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2023
• The two spend their wedding day fighting their way back to the altar, giving new meaning to ‘til death do us part.
  — Shannon Carlin, Time, 16 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024