How to Use baptism in a Sentence

baptism

noun

• He received the sacrament of baptism as an infant.
• There were over 100 baptisms at our church last year.
• We’d been invited to a baptism, a birthday party, and dinner at my in-laws.
  — Kathleen Felton, SELF, 27 Sep. 2024
• Juicy-O caters events big and small, from breakfast meetings to wedding showers and baptisms.
  — Jane Donahue, Naperville Sun, 13 Mar. 2018
• An adjacent pool will be available for baptisms in the picturesque setting.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2018
• New details of Meghan Markle's secret baptism have been released.
  — Morgan M. Evans, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2018
• Those included a family Bible, a baptism record and a high school transcript.
  — Jonathan Shorman, kansascity, 12 Mar. 2018
• Eight churches are scattered across the nearly 250-acre expanse of land that borders the baptism site.
  — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2018
• The baptism marks the beginning of Jesus' public ministry.
  — Tia Goldenberg, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2018
• Pocahontas was depicted in an image that is based on the painting that portrayed her baptism on the back of the $20 bill.
  — Marlena Scott, Teen Vogue, 13 Apr. 2018
• Anyway, this time the banging occurs around a bunch of computer cords and electronics equipment in a closet after a child’s baptism (of course).
  — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 19 Apr. 2018
• Still, that long list of royal duties — including a baptism — don't seem to be interfering with her beauty preferences.
  — Samantha Sasso, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• The baptism: Markle is now an official member of the Church of England, headed by her soon-to-be grandmother-in-law, the queen.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2018
• As People points out, the stunning piece is no doubt a baptism bracelet, a popular keepsake to remember the religious ritual.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2018
• Members appeared in costume at funerals and baptisms and took every opportunity to put the Klan’s pageantry on display.
  — Charles Reichmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2018
• That night was like a baptism in the blues and rock and roll.
  — Ron Hart, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2023
• The lines just beg to be echoed by a crowd in some baptism of sweat and cheap beer.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2021
• The effect was a crowning and a baptism at the same time.
  — Brooklyn White, Essence, 20 June 2023
• There’s no harm in doing the baptism and taking the cash for the good of your child.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• And, lucky me, the next frigid baptism would be before dawn in four days.
  — Tim Folger, National Geographic, 17 Nov. 2020
• The baptism, the statement says, took place in Seine-et-Marne but does not say when.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 26 June 2018
• Tim, by this time very sick from AIDS, showed up at court for the adoption, and at church for the baptism.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Oct. 2021
• One pastor prayed with her and signed her up for a baptism.
  — Kitra Cahana, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2023
• Make sure the money is in the account before the baptism takes place.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• And just like that, Hood's baptism was not valid, according to the church.
  — Amy Simonson, CNN, 24 Feb. 2022
• This is a movie in which the de-rigueur baptism scene is of the preacher himself being dunked to sober up.
  — Author: Ann Hornaday, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2018
• The Chapel Royal was where the Duchess of Sussex had her own baptism ahead of her nuptials.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 6 July 2019
• As with so many hunters, my baptism was by squirrel blood.
  — Johnny Carrol Sain, Outdoor Life, 27 Oct. 2020
• For 3 months Xavier and his sister and I have been discussing baptism.
  — Tandra Smith | [e-mail], al, 15 Jan. 2021
• Outside, the ground is strewn with roses, now burned, which would have been used to decorate this summer’s weddings and baptisms organized by the company.
  — Eleni Giokos, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024