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.
• 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
• Training breaks a child’s will, and the first kill is a kind of baptism.
  — Anna Diamond, The Atlantic, 23 June 2017
• 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
• Nicky was charged with soaking the place of his baptism, the Windmill Chapel.
  — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
• 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
• To celebrate, the crew stage a frosty mock baptism for the guests... led by the sea god Neptune.
  — smithsonianmag.com, 5 May 2017
• To celebrate, the crew stage a frosty mock baptism for the guests... led by the sea god Neptune.
  — smithsonianmag.com, 30 Sep. 2017
• 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
• After the baptism, his curly hair wet and cold like an animal caught out in the snow.
  — Athena Nassar, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2023
• During her visit to the country, the queen spent time visiting the holy site of the baptism of Christ.
  — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 15 June 2023
• And one of the references was, in fact, that baptism scene from The Godfather.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 June 2022
• Or all the players that were getting their Big 12 baptism.
  — Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2022
• At the baptism, Ellen and I would have to have water poured on our long hair, like a couple of idiots.
  — Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
• Eagles players even held baptisms in the team’s cold tub and at a hotel pool.
  — David French, National Review, 6 Feb. 2018
• Villanelle’s baptism at the start of this season came as a surprise.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 7 Mar. 2022
• This day was like, six and a half baptisms, except worse, because Ted Cruz talked.
  — Megan Angelo, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2018
• His baptism at the major league level has been a cruel joke.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
• White notes that all sorts of pools existed in ancient Rome, including those used for Christian baptisms.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025