How to Use canonize in a Sentence

canonize

verb

• She died 100 years ago and was canonized in Rome last year.
• The priest was canonized in 2009, and his right hand is buried here as a relic.
  — Larry Bleiberg, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2017
• If canonized, Casey would be among the handful of saints who are native to the United States.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2023
• John Henry Newman was canonized a saint a few weeks ago by the Catholic Church.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 28 Oct. 2019
• If the Dodgers win the World Series with a makeshift bullpen, this decision will be canonized.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2019
• Romero, who was gunned down while saying Mass, will be canonized on Oct. 14.
  — Fox News, 9 June 2018
• Thomas didn’t win the Cup alone, but history has canonized him so.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2019
• At the same time, enough time had passed for ’90s music to begin getting canonized.
  — Vulture, 18 Sep. 2023
• There is a temptation to rush to canonize your memory, there is no need to do so.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 24 July 2017
• There is a temptation to rush to canonize your memory, there is no need to do so.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 31 Aug. 2022
• Josemaría Escrivá, whom Pope John Paul canonized as a saint in 2002.
  — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 14 July 2017
• Kolbe volunteered to die in order that another man might live, and the Church canonized him for it.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 29 Aug. 2017
• The church had canonized the family in 2000, which meant that any physical remains were now holy relics.
  — Simon Sebag Montefiore, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
• Serra, who established the first nine missions, was canonized by Pope Francis in 2015 amid protests across the state.
  — Tatiana Sanchez, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2019
• Almost 500 years later, she was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
  — Kerry O'Brien, Chicago Reader, 21 Feb. 2018
• Though these singles have yet to be canonized in the manner of her earlier hits, several of them should be.
  — David Cantwell, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2019
• The process for canonizing that priest, the Rev. Leon Dehon, had begun more than 40 years earlier.
  — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
• The pontiff held a mass in the shrine town Saturday to canonize the Marto siblings, making them the youngest saints who did not die as martyrs in the history of the Catholic Church.
  — Claudio Lavanga, NBC News, 13 May 2017
• It was recognized as a miracle by the Roman Catholic Church and Diego was canonized.
  — Greg Garrison, AL.com, 21 July 2017
• There is something a little foolish about caring what a stuffy group of Swedes decides to canonize.
  — Alex Shephard, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2022
• In the current case, the anonymous senior and self-canonized saint in the White House seems to be involved in some other game, more partisan, complex and craven.
  — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
• If he is canonized, Father Solanus Casey would join a select group of American saints.
  — Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2017
• The tests were performed at the request of the Russian Orthodox Church, which canonized the slain Romanov family in 2000.
  — James Rogers, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2018
• In Cincinnati, winning 95 and 97 games back-to-back might have gotten Baker canonized.
  — Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• Having an Irish whiskey named after me is better than being canonized a saint.
  — Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2018
• Every one of those drivers he's compared to has had his face canonized on the legendary Borg-Warner Trophy.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2018
• The biopic of Francesca Cabrini, a nun and staunch advocate for the poor who in 1946 became the first American canonized a saint, is directed by Monteverde.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
• One of the victims, Schmorell, was eventually canonized as a saint by the Russian Othodox church.
  — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 22 Feb. 2017
• One of the victims, Schmorell, was eventually canonized as a saint by the Russian Othodox church.
  — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 22 Feb. 2017
• All that’s left to canonize the process is assent by Nigeria’s legislators.
  — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 16 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024