How to Use celibate in a Sentence

celibate

adjective

• Before ordination, there is the choice to marry or to be celibate.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2023
• Scores of German priests and monks have come out as celibate gay men, while some Catholic schools and churches have begun flying rainbow flags.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• Catholic doctrine reserves the priesthood for men, and church tradition requires Latin rite priests to be celibate.
  — Washington Post, 4 June 2020
• The pair — who previously vowed to stay celibate out of respect to Mary’s grandparents — broke tradition by trying for a baby.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
• That's a weird question because first of all, there have always been people who are polygamous, and there have always been people who were celibate or asexual.
  — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2023
• The couple — who is not married and had previously vowed to stay celibate out of respect of Mary’s grandparents — broke tradition by trying for a baby.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Grandparents with a monk son also had more grandchildren, as their non-celibate sons faced less or no competition with their brothers.
  — Ruth MacE and Alberto Micheletti, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2022
• The couple — who got married during last week's episode but had previously vowed to stay celibate out of respect for Mary’s grandparents — broke tradition by trying for a baby.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
• Advertisement Nelson had never expected Winnie to remain celibate during his 27-year imprisonment.
  — Glenn Frankel, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• Before ordination, there is the choice to marry or to be celibate.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2023
• Scores of German priests and monks have come out as celibate gay men, while some Catholic schools and churches have begun flying rainbow flags.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• Catholic doctrine reserves the priesthood for men, and church tradition requires Latin rite priests to be celibate.
  — Washington Post, 4 June 2020
• The pair — who previously vowed to stay celibate out of respect to Mary’s grandparents — broke tradition by trying for a baby.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
• That's a weird question because first of all, there have always been people who are polygamous, and there have always been people who were celibate or asexual.
  — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2023
• The couple — who is not married and had previously vowed to stay celibate out of respect of Mary’s grandparents — broke tradition by trying for a baby.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Grandparents with a monk son also had more grandchildren, as their non-celibate sons faced less or no competition with their brothers.
  — Ruth MacE and Alberto Micheletti, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2022
• The couple — who got married during last week's episode but had previously vowed to stay celibate out of respect for Mary’s grandparents — broke tradition by trying for a baby.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
• Advertisement Nelson had never expected Winnie to remain celibate during his 27-year imprisonment.
  — Glenn Frankel, Washington Post, 9 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024