How to Use chalice in a Sentence

chalice

noun
  • Seen up close, several bones are visible near the base of the chalice and on top of the plate.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024
  • On the left of the crowns is a chalice filled with shrimp.
    Nick Chrastil, Slate Magazine, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The men passed the chalice around the fire, each taking sips from the cup.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
  • No, the Stars are still 10 wins away from the silver chalice.
    Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2020
  • A few weeks ago, the gold chalice on the altar was stolen, along with the door on the church’s bathroom.
    Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 6 July 2020
  • The party makes a claim for that chalice at their own risk.
    Gregory Krieg, CNN, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The artwork for this one features knights and ladies, with chalices and crests.
    Jonathan H. Liu, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2012
  • But legend had it that in that place was a grail chalice, or two cruets rather, one of blood and one of sweat.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The focaccia is served on a silver plate and is paired with wine in a chalice.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
  • The one thing missing, of course, is that shiny silver chalice for the trophy case.
    Ross McKeon, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2022
  • But Pacino took the chalice home, adding to the enormous bill.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2021
  • There was one piece a crown of thorns (from Sean Leane) and the chalice potentially.
    Rosemary Feitelberg | Wwd, latimes.com, 7 May 2018
  • After Chavez’s announcement, Rev. Goldsmith lit the chalice at the front of the chapel.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2021
  • No team from Canada has won the chalice since the 1993 Canadiens.
    BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2021
  • By the time the chalice arrived on the scene, the Romans had long since abandoned Vindolanda.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Someone slit the animal’s throat and filled a chalice with the blood that came glomping out.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
  • What they didn't bank on was just how poisoned a chalice May had handed over.
    Luke McGee, CNN, 26 Oct. 2019
  • Surely this augured a trip to the Cup Finals and a chance at last to sip from Lord Stanley’s chalice.
    Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 23 May 2018
  • The 7-year-old girl grabbed the chalice with the consecrated wine representing the blood of Christ and took a sip.
    Alfonzo Galvan, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022
  • At first sight, Alana Wilson’s vases, jugs and chalices look about 3,000 years old.
    Alexa Brazilian, New York Times, 12 May 2017
  • The Lycurgus Cup is a 1,600-year-old glass chalice housed at the British Museum.
    Lisa Raffensperger, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2013
  • There was a sacrifice behind every set of hands that held that chalice on that skate around the Joe Louis ice.
    Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2022
  • The only items missing were the priest’s accordion and chalice.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Recovered in 14 fragments, the chalice was once the size of a cereal bowl.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2020
  • At school, Betty checks out her mom’s story: there are initials on the windowsill and chalices in the trophy case.
    Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 8 Nov. 2018
  • The job was a poisoned chalice; even then, gangs were estimated to be in control of more than half of Port-au-Prince.
    Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Hence, golden chalices, carved rhino horns and glass tankards.
    Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • Green did not play that season, but when the Bruins won the Stanley Cup, teammates made sure his name was engraved on the chalice.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The silver chalices and pitchers and the ornate woodwork of the altar bring magic to the atmosphere.
    Nancy A. Ruhling, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Another Florida win would have the Cats halfway to that silver chalice.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024

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