How to Use crucifixion in a Sentence

crucifixion

noun
  • The work dates all the way back to 1280 and depicts Christ's crucifixion.
    Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 28 Oct. 2019
  • As Jesus’ body bore the marks of his crucifixion, so does the church bear the wounds of sin, Blair said.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2024
  • The Crown of Thorns is purported to be the one placed on the head of Jesus at his crucifixion.
    Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The work as a whole depicts the passion of Christ as well as his crucifixion.
    Melissa Locker, Time, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The one on the right was dark, as though the crucifixion had taken place not on a hill but in a cave, the light streaming in from a crack in the surface of the earth.
    Wyatt Mason, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2017
  • The 10-by-8-inch work is part of a diptych made up of eight scenes centered on the passion and crucifixion of Christ.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2023
  • On the third day after his crucifixion, Jesus arose from the dead.
    CNN, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The crucifixion stands as the path between the earthly and the heavenly, shifting from the Old Testament to the New.
    Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Each of the stops commemorates a stage of the Passion of Christ, or the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion, as told in the bible.
    Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • There is also the fact that there were 13 people present at the Last Supper the day before Christ’s crucifixion.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Part of the power of the Easter story is in what happened after the crucifixion.
    John Blake, CNN, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The man who has the dream about crucifixion in About Endlessness turns out to be a priest, played by Martin Serner, who has lost his faith.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The play opens with a dead dog, pitch-forked at center stage like an inverted crucifixion.
    Steve Mannheimer, Indianapolis Star, 26 Sep. 2017
  • The spiky leaves have long been a symbol in Christianity of the thorny crown placed on Jesus's head at his crucifixion.
    Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Nails from tombs and crucifixions were sometimes even worn around the neck as talismans against fevers, malaria and evil spells.
    Franz Lidz, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The show still focuses on the week leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus as seen through the eyes of Judas, the disciple who betrayed him.
    cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The church is believed to be on the site where Jesus was flogged by Roman soldiers and received His cross to carry to His crucifixion.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The Gospel of Mark describes how Jesus was mocked as he was clothed in purple robes before crucifixion.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Prior to that, the authors said, the church had taught that Jews were responsible for Christ’s crucifixion.
    Marc A Ramirez, USA TODAY, 11 June 2024
  • The hill of Golgotha in Jerusalem, identified as the site of the crucifixion of Jesus in Christian gospels, appears on the reverse.
    Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2021
  • His head is covered and his bare feet are sticking out -- displaying the wounds from his crucifixion.
    David Williams, CNN, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The Crown of Thorns is a religious icon synonymous with the pain and suffering of Christ’s crucifixion.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 June 2022
  • But when he’s later affixed to a cross, those same people gather to cheer on his crucifixion.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2024
  • And in addition to being fed the blood of victims, Spike was fed some of the show’s best lines, like an early one that involved the crucifixion, Woodstock and an acid trip.
    Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 23 May 2018
  • The Holocaust is the execution, the crucifixion of Christ.
    Monroe Trombly, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The author had watched the crucifixion of Boris Pasternak with great interest.
    Aaron Lake Smith, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • The iconic church, revered by Christians as the site of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, had been closed for three days to protest the Israeli tax plan.
    Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The comic’s name is a reference to Golgotha, the site of Christ’s crucifixion.
    New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
  • So many of the doctors who write about sweating blood refer to the description of Christ sweating blood before the crucifixion.
    Susan Scutti, CNN, 24 Oct. 2017
  • This is almost certainly Marika, the matriarch figure that puts most of the main Elden Ring plot into action, given the bracelet (visible in images from before her golden crucifixion).
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024

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